While I’m not an entomologist, I have a deep and abiding love for many insects and their relatives, and plant my gardens with their welfare in mind. When I first began my new Wolfville, N.S., garden, one of the most important perennials I had to have was rosy milkweed (Asclepias incarnate, Zone 3) and several of its relatives. Why? Because I’m fond of monarch butterflies … [Read more...] about For the love of monarchs
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Hummers and monarchs
My husband called out from the garden yesterday — the hummingbird had returned and was buzzing around in a rose of Sharon shrub. I quickly grabbed a kettle and began boiling water to mix up a sugar solution for the little guy. The hummer stops here in late spring on his way north, and again on his way back south. I also saw a couple of monarch butterflies indulging … [Read more...] about Hummers and monarchs
