Polly Want A Flower?

Let's celebrate all things that make our pollinators happy!

In our yard, we have:

Thimbleweed, which I think are adorable.

Penstemon or Foxglove Beardtongue, with bee friend

Red Columbine, after flowering, look a bit outer space alien, no?

Spiderwort, with Red-Banded Leafhopper
Spiderwort is named from the super-sicky sap, which is what the Leafhopper is after.

Early Meadow Rue, not yet flowering; those wee leaves are cute!

Pollinators include:

Bees

Bats

Butterflies

Moths

Birds

Beetles

Ants

Flies

Wasps

Amidst the Leaves

Mother Nature shows off in our native plants gardens:

Stonecrop

Mapleleaf Viburnum

Early Meadow Rue

White Snakeroot

Thimbleweed

Wild Geranium

We allow the autumn leaves to fall and stay in our backyard, and are thankful for it.

The leaves are havens for overwintering insects.

Some day, our entire yard...front and back...will have no lawn, only plants and trees that are the same as what was in our part of Michigan before Europeans came a'calling.

The wildlife and ecosystem evolved together, and invasive species take away nutrition and pollinators.

Wild plants are acclimatized to Michigan's seasons, and therefore are almost maintenance free.

There is one plant, however, that volunteered itself, yet must go:

🙀Poison Ivy🙀

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