Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Creating a garden that attracts birds, butterflies and other winged creatures
One of my most satisfying experiences in the garden is to have a butterfly or hummingbird flit in and around me while I’m working. It makes me feel like my intention to harmonize my life, and my client’s garden, with nature has been successful. Some of the wonderful plants I have worked with whose flowers attract winged wildlife:

Vines
Honeysuckle Tecomaria capensis
Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans
Bougainvillea Nyctaginaceae.
Shade
Columbine Aquilegia
Fuchsia Fuschia
Coral Bells Heuchera
Chinese Lantern Abutilon part sun/shade
Sun
Lily of the Nile Agapanthus
Salvias Mexican Bush Sage, Leucantha, Greggi
Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii
Lantana
Daisy
Coral Bells Heuchera
Bottlebrush Callistemon
Abelia Glossy Abelia grandiflora
Gaura lindheimeri Whirling Butterflies
Hibiscus
Yarrow Achillea Millefolium
Seasonal
Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Verbena Verbena canadensis
Phlox Phlox paniculata
Aster Stokesia laevis
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Pincushion Flower Scabiosa
Coreopsis Coreopsis grand flora
Cambridge Beard Tongue Penstamon
All you now need is a fresh water supply and a garden that is organic to create the perfect ecosystem.

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