Tag: butterfly garden
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Helping our Pollinators, Helping our Monarchs
We have had a few inquiries about what to do in light of the recent freeze. Short answer – we hope those plants have a chance to bounce back before the height of the migration in the coming weeks.
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Vines — Upwardly Mobile Elements in the Nectar Garden
Published in Welcome Home RGV, March 3, 2021 — Vines add vibrancy and variety to a garden . . . .
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Build a Community Garden Together — Masks On
Welcome Home Winter Texan publication — Find the joy in building a community butterfly garden. Story and photos by Anita Westervelt
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Vines add color and vertical interest while attracting birds and butterflies
by Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist Several years ago, I dedicated a partially dead mesquite tree as a natural trellis for a native climbing milkweed (Funastrum cynanchoides). The vine travelled up the trunk, veered off in the appropriate direction and reached the highest branches by the second spring. Lovely globes of pink-edged white blooms peppered…
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Save the Monarch Butterfly – build a way-station
by Heidi Linnemann The Monarch butterflies we see in the Valley spend their winters in Mexico’s central mountain range and summers in our northern states. The Rio Grande Valley is an important stop during their journey. But Monarchs are in serious trouble. Their winter resting area is being lost due to deforestation. In the United…
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Native Milkweed – Plant is important to more than just butterflies
Recently, much has been written about Monarch butterflies and the importance of planting their host plant milkweed to help Monarchs increase their numbers. Zizotes, our native milkweed, is important to many other insects and spiders as well.