Pollinators in the Garden
A beautiful and successful garden, attracts pollinators. My three favorite pollinators begin with the letter ‘B’ – bees, butterflies and birds.
First, the bees…
Icelandic Poppy
Begonia
Rabbitbrush
Now, butterflies…
Swallowtail and Dianthus
Pipevine Swallowtail
White Checkered Butterfly
And, my favorite – birds…
Black-Chinned Hummingbird feeding from Ocotillo flower.
What kind of pollinators do you have visiting your garden this week?
What are their favorite plants?
Noelle Johnson, aka, 'AZ Plant Lady' is a author, horticulturist, and landscape consultant who helps people learn how to create, grow, and maintain beautiful desert gardens that thrive in a hot, dry climate. She does this through her consulting services, her online class Desert Gardening 101, and her monthly membership club, Through the Garden Gate. As she likes to tell desert-dwellers, "Gardening in the desert isn't hard, but it is different."
Your photographs are lovely. I brought an Orange dog in my house, yesterday, to grow in a mason Jar with a mesh top. He's already consumed one whole leaf and doubled in size in 24 hours!
How fun! I haven't seen a caterpillar in my garden for awhile. But, I can always hope!
Noelle
Beautiful photos of your helpful visitors. I love the hummingbirds, but saw for the first time a Moth Hummingbird. Had never seen one so that was pretty fascinating, and they seem to love my Lantana.
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