Georgina-Brock Garden Club, Monday, July 8, 7:00 pm – Drama in the Butterfly Garden with Carol Pasternak. Carol is a Toronto-based monarch butterfly crusader who educates, advocates and inspires all … Read more
This year my backyard has visits from species I’ve not seen before in this garden, such as jewelwings, broad-winged damselflies, dragonflies. But few bees.
When the flowers come out, clouds of pollinators descend — bees of several kinds, small and large wasps, various flies and even some butterflies.
This has been a good summer for anise hyssop, a generous producer of potent nectar for honey bees, butterflies.
After yesterday’s sunny warmth, flower buds are opening with the speed of time-lapse photography. I could actually watch the blossoms spring open on my weeping ‘Red Jade’ crabapple. The tree … Read more