Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens
Healthy Gardens. Healthy Planet
Some of you will remember my excitement back in October when I spotted three tiny Red-spotted Purple caterpillars creating their winter home or hibernaculum, a tiny leaf silked shut and silked to the host plant, in this case a Beach Plum bush. Red-spotted Purples will also lay their eggs on Black Cherry. In fact Doug [...]
Or, How Does a Red-spotted Purple Spend the Winter? Understanding the life cycle and natural history of resident butterflies in our wildlife gardens plays a more important role than you may think when it comes to decisions regarding maintenance and other garden tasks. Many of the moths and butterflies we’ve attracted to our gardens spend [...]
Plant This, Not That: New Jersey Natives Edition Black Cherry, Prunus serotina, vs Bradford Pear Genevieve Schmidt’s California Natives edition of “Plant This, Not That,” spurred a number of us to share natives from our own states and regions. Last month Eastern Red Cedar was my native choice and I am now sharing another favorite, [...]
