Project updates,
Healing Garden for the Ave Rest Home
Update for
Friday, 2 July
Greetings All,
Hope
you are enjoying your summer.
The
healing garden continues despite the near drought conditions. The Hardy
Glads are blooming, an eye catching addition to the peninsula. Although the Sundrops
are about done, Coneflowers
and Ice
plants continue to bloom, the east
wall looks good. The Swamp
Milkweed is a treat for the resident’s eyes and the nectar seekers! More residents are out today at the new
table and chairs. The Bronze Fennel
is looking well, but I forgot to check for cats and eggs (we have
them here). See what happens when my
adult supervisor is at work, and I am on my own.
I
thank you all for making this project a success
for all. Your time, energy, skills,
knowledge, plant material and superduty truck made this work. Thank you, I could not have done this on my
own.
I
think Jane may have been putting ideas in the resident heads, as I was asked if
we are going to do the front also, because “it suuure wooould loook nice”, in a
noticeable southern accent, by one of the residents. I said, “ I didn’t think so”, but on further reflection (out of
the sun), maybe, maybe. Any feedback?
John
Update for
Friday, 25 June
One of the MANY benefits of a supportive wife
Greetings
all,
I
just came back from a little work at the Healing garden project, and am happy
(JOYOUS, ECSTATIC…) to report that my wishes have come true, the plants are
being watered! I had gone over around 5AM a couple of mornings, last
week, hand carrying a dozen 3 GAL containers, and was not really enjoying
it as much as you think I would. Thanks to Susan’s persuasiveness, the
plants are being watered, and already showing signs of improvement. Where I displaced mulch the soil was moist
(REJOICE). I grabbed some pictures will
post later.
THANK
YOU SUSAN!
John
Update for
Saturday 22 May
At least in part
to Kim’s planning and recruiting skills at the Habitat project, there was still
enough energy after finishing up there to go check on the Nursing home
project.
The gardened
area is looking very well, the only problem plants seems to be the Winecups, we
will supplant the existing with some with hopefully more vigor. The Coreopsis
grandiflora ‘Heliot’ has numerous buds and multiple blooms. (Insert
unsolicited praise for Pleasant Run nursery here, mention the unequalled plant
quality, the generosity, donations to this project, and the Habitat project,
the continued support of the AGC, the upcoming plant sale, the wide selection,
the pleasant, knowledgeable staff…)
The Gladiolus
Atom is up, the Agastache x 'Tutti
Frutti' continues to bloom, the Agastache Acapolco
Orange (donation from Rutgers secured
by Ellen Silverman) is blooming and growing. The Purple Coneflower,
has its first bud, the Compact
Cranberrybush Viburnum continues to bloom. The Cabbage Leaf
Coneflower has made the transition from bare root to recognizable plant,
while the Variegated
Sedum continues to grow and fill in nicely.
Tasks remaining:
Plant remaining plants, Blackberry Lily and Swamp Milkweed (it is not a
wildlife garden without milkweed, IMHO)
Install rhizome barrier for the Chocolate mint.
The mulch pile will need to be dispersed.
Tuesday 25 May and Wednesday
26 May, 5:30- till darkness creeps up on us
Update for Thursday 6 May
Thursday
was the best attended evening, so far.
Thank you all! Kim and Larry
Pado, Donna Mottola, Jane Pasquito, Kim Wright and I were able to plant all of
the remaining plants on hand!, Kim and Larry Pado skills with their truck and a
steel cable made this all possible. THANK YOU KIM AND LARRY! (Note to self, resist the truck envy, Super
Duty full size Ford…)
The
four Summersweet are finally in place, the soil heavily amended. Between the Summersweet are groups of: Liatrus, Sundrops and the Crocosmia “Lucifer” A small
group of Purple Iris were planted adjacent to Pat’s path. This makes for 29 species planted, with only
two or three more to go. Everything
looks great, some blooms on the Agastache, multiple buds on the spiderwort and
more on the Coreopsis! I have ordered
ten mature Blackberry Lily to complement the seedlings, started in March. The Swamp Milkweed and a little something
TBD, around the Sneezeweed and our planting here is completed.
The
garden map / drawing
is updated. Metal plant
markers and a paint
pen have been ordered. These are
the most durable markers I have found, and they are Blue jay resistant. As if it isn’t hard enough maintaining the
identities of our plants, last Sunday, a Blue jay, stole three plastic markers,
while we watched in amazement. He flew
off with the first one, landing in a nearby tree, where he pecked at the marker
for a couple of moments, before abandoning it to retrieve another, then
another!
Tasks
remaining:
Plant remaining plants
Select a native ground cover, wildlife beneficial,
trouble free, for beneath the Sneezeweed, contenders: Wild stonecrop,
Yellow Star
Grass, and Dwarf
Crested Iris Please note native is
NOT mandatory, but it MUST be noninvasive.
Install rhizome barriers.
Label and install plant markers.
The mulch pile...
Consider some bulbs in the fall (they don’t have to
be Tulips and Daffodils) Any input,
anybody? Native,
non invasive, less common, or something we all well familiar with?
For those receiving
‘Chocolate mint’ a care and info
sheet is now available online. All
of the plants, we have planted here, will get a sheet like this, with the map,
and overall care instructions. Some are
already available, but in need of editing; others will be finished when we have
a bloom to photograph.
For those with
discriminating taste on tomatoes, we have heirlooms,
over a dozen different. Two varieties
did not germinate, all others will be available in the next couple of
weeks. Please let me know your needs
and desires (Tomato related), the Brandywines are the most available. Try something different? And a reminder, no we do not sell plants,
see fee schedule.
Next planting date: TBD
Update for Monday 3 May
Morning All,
Sue(san)
and I went over to the project on Saturday, to water. Everything was OK, some a bit better than others, but all were
fine by the time we left. The
spiderworts had several blooms!
The Hardy Ageratum has arisen, the rhizomes are dug
and they are impatiently waiting for their new location. Impatience is a common trait of rhizomes,
although they are perhaps better known for their eagerness to expand and seize
new territory. The yellow ice plants
arrived, quite a bit smaller than expected, but they are fast spreaders.
I think we are need to place the Clethra on the side
of the building. Anticipating the new
area to be planted, we have obtained Sundrops and we also have some Blazing Star
(liatrus spicata) that will go in between them. I will pick up (carefully) some more amendments before our next
planting date. The Crocosomia and
Blackberry lily will also go here.
No
sign of the butterfly weed yet. I find
it encouraging that in the past three years it has become increasingly
difficult to obtain milkweeds. I don’t
think the growers are propagating less, I think demand is rising. Perhaps monarch awareness? Continued rambling on milkweed: three new
species, are here now waiting for placement Bluntleaf Milkweed (Asclepias
amplexicaulis), Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), both from west of the
Mississippi and the
NJ native, Poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata). Sue has Whorled and Swamp seedlings coming up from last year, in
the row of the vegetable garden she declared manifest destiny upon.
We will need to remove the stumps on the side, remove gravel, and amend the soil on the side. The rhizome barrier, for the Clumping Mountain Mint needs to be installed. Planting the Ice plants and Hardy Ageratum, will be the easy task. Maybe Thursday, and a day over the weekend, and we might be done, maybe, possibly?
John
Next planting date: Thursday 4 May, 5:30- till darkness
creeps up on us
Pat Melander, Janette
Williams, Susan Brandauer and I enjoyed the weather and comradery today. We also received assistance from one of the residents,
Albert who eagerly brought us water, as needed. Two other residents took interest in the activities, and were
pleasantly surprised that these were flowering plants, and butterflies are
amongst the expected guests. The
previous landscaping consisted of: evergreen shrubs, cedar, and more evergreen
shrubs. BORING!
And as always, new skills
and techniques were learned. Pat and
Susan learned how to install a rhizome barrier. I learned how to plant in a straight line; my second lesson de jure
was how to place plants with equal spacing.
Measure twice, plant once, or the symmetry police will notice. The fourth attempt was deemed acceptable.
Rhizome barriers were placed
around the Cutleaf
coneflower, and the chocolate mint.
I have no barrier, around our Cutleaf coneflowers, and at one point did
not have one around the chocolate mint, an error never to be repeated.
The three viburnum
are in, each got a bag of manure and humus. Hardy Glads, (Gladiolus “Atom” ) were placed on each side of the center
viburnum. Each group got a half bag of
builder’s sand and a full bag of manure and humus. The whole peninsula was mulched and is looking significantly
improved
Jane had previously noticed
the patch of clumping mint needed a bit more, so Pat put in enough to maintain
the symmetry. Another lesson instilled,
the importance of symmetry. I am more
of a cottage gardener, but this site really demands symmetry, rectilinear
plots, a circle, repeating patterns on the structure…
Pat suggested we use some of
the ever-abundant gravel for the shortcut the residents take around the
corner. “Do what you
can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore
Roosevelt
Some more mulching, weeding
and cleanup, a pause to admire the efforts of our labor, and done for the day.
I thank all of our
hardworking volunteers!
John
P.S.
I have a butterfly bush
ready for Kim Wright, and potted some chocolate mint for Donna Mottola, please
let me know how to get them to you, next planting date, next AGC meeting… If anyone else is interested in the plants
used here, let me know, many came from our garden, and a couple of the
purchased plants were purchased in quantity for price breaks, or reduction of
shipping cost ratio, a few extras may be here.
The Threadleaf Ironweed, Pat was admiring was not purchased in
quantity. It is somewhat unusual,
unlikely to be found locally, the one at the project came from Niche Gardens.
For those of you not using
rich text for email, there are usually hotlinks, clickable links that may bring
up an image or webpage. All of the
updates are in reverse chronological order here: http://www.weedsforwildlife.com/nursing_home_garden/updates.html
On Wednesday,
despite the threat of rain, that turned to drizzle, then more serious rain,
more than a few plants were introduced to their new homes, by Jane Pasquito and
I.
I
am pleased to report all of the plants installed so far are doing well, the
Violet continues to bloom.
The
Threadleaf Ironweed went in centered between the two groups of three Coreopsis
grandiflora ‘Heliot’ from Pleasant Run.
The
Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), a Mediterranean native, grown for
its striking ornamental foliage is an herb, whose leaves, seed and bulb can be
used in cooking. The blooms are not the primary reason to plant this; it is also a perennial host for
the Black Swallowtail butterfly.
One quadrant of the circle is now a hosting area for the Black Swallowtail.
The
(24) Spiderworts (Tradescantia virginiana), which are the border for the Bonze Fennel, were
supplemented with another (24) of the same.
Although it does produce nectar, it is a butterfly attractant, and is NJ
native, my soft spot for plants with a “virginiana“ species name got this one
placed as a border to the Bronze Fennel.
Thankfully Pleasant Run donated (3) generously sized Viburnum.
This allowed expansion of the gardened area to include the peninsula,
which meant two plants that had not made the final cut are back in! Bulbs for
Gladiolus “Atom” and Crocosmia “Lucifer” are here and ready for planting on
Saturday.
Before
the rain and darkness forced an end to the evening, all of the plastic, and the
majority of the gravel was removed from the peninsula.
On
a perhaps unrelated topic, according to my Google calendar, the Hummingbirds
may arrive on Sunday! Coinciding with
the blooming of the native columbine.
John
Next planting date: Saturday 24 April, 12- 4 pm
On
Sunday, Kim pleasantly surprised me with an offer to go over and water on Monday. Thank you Kim.
Today,
while I did the day job, not satisfied with mere watering, Kim and Larry PULLED
OUT THE STUMPS! WOW! THANK YOU KIM and LARRY!
The
Threadleaf Ironweed, and the Bronze Fennel are ready to leave the recovery room,
and go to their new home on Wednesday.
The recovery room is the north side of the house, near the back door,
where plants that go through the mail, divided clumps, bare root plants, etc
wait, and recover.
I
have done volunteer work before, but this is my first time running a project
like this. In all of the projects I
have helped with, I have never had the pleasure of working with a group like
this, drive, initiative, generosity and dependability… I could go on, but I
think you get my message. Thank you
all! You have impressed me, which is
not an especially easy task.
John
Next planting day Wednesday 21 April, 5:30 PM
On Wednesday, Jane Pasquito,
Donna Mottola and I met at the Ave rest home, to do our dirty deeds. (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap…) I seemed especially dirty, and the rich
earthly scent of wet manure had well permeated my clothing by the end of the
evening.
All that we have planted so
far is fairing well. Some plants show
significant growth!
We have our first bloom (at
the rest home)!!! The coast violet has
its first bloom! A bit of a cheat, it
was blooming here, before I brought it over, but our first bloom nonetheless.
Soil was turned over for the
Bronze Fennel, a host (larval food source) for the Black Swallowtail,
caterpillar. I received notification of shipping this
morning.
The area for the Turtleheads and
violets was prepared, in addition to the usual removal of gravel; this section
received no sand, but an ample quantity of peat and organic material. Drainage was not the goal, for these. Both were planted and mulched.
The patch of clumping mint
was filled in a bit on the edges, still needs a bit more.
Four of the Agastache ‘Acapulco Orange’, donated by Rutgers, through
the efforts of Ellen Silverman, were planted.
The balance is being held in reserve for the Habitat project.
Locations for the Viburnum
and Summersweet were scouted. Solutions
for the stumps were proposed; we will probably go with the one that does not
require dynamite.
My best guess is that we are
at the 70% planted mark! Thank you all!
We will take a break over
the weekend, to wait for more plants to arrive, and maybe I can get my
greenhouse out of the box at least.
This time the special thanks
go to Donna Mottola. Donna dug from her
garden the elusive Ice plants, which we have had difficulty finding this early
in the season. She dug them, donated
them and planted them! THANK YOU
DONNA! My wife also thanks you, as I almost borrowed some from another
pending garden project, which Susan designed.
Next planting day
Wednesday 21 April, 5:30 PM.
Thank you all,
John
On Monday, Kim Wright, Jane
Pasquito and I removed gravel, added amendments, mulched, watered, and got some
plants in.
We filled in the red beebalm,
with a few more clumps. Hummingbirds
cannot resist this plant.
Soil was prepared for the
Ice plants. Ice plants like drainage in
the summer and require it in the winter, soil amended with builder’s sand, two
sixty-pound bags, for each bed.
The cabbage leaf
coneflower was also planted. This
is the third “coneflower planted here, not for personal preference, but due to
the multiple wildlife benefits.
The chocolate mint went in,
there was enough left for our volunteers to each take home a small clump. Plant
in a container, or with a barrier, and keep a watch on it.
I use this as a deer scent deterrent, works better than anything
else we tried (soap, lavender, hair, putrescent eggs…).
I spoke with Baby, the administrator,
and there are three residents that may be willing to assist in the planting.
Volunteering for this (and
any AGC project) has multiple benefits.
There is a social aspect, a chance to better know our fellow members,
and get the warm fuzzy feeling of having done something good at the end of the
day (or is that muscle burn, as we begin to build our garden muscles). We all also get to learn from each other,
about plants we grow (and can’t grow), tools we use, soil amendments we use,
and sources for plants…
Thank you for volunteering,
and a special thank you, to my wife Susan, who is home raking, cleaning and
uncovering our garden, as I work here.
THANK YOU SUSAN!
Thank
you all,
John
Pat Melander, Jane Pasquito, Ellen Silverman and I worked the rest
home garden. Thank you all.
The center circle is more
than half way planted and mulched.
The in, watered and mulched
list for today:
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Heliot’ that Lisa picked up from Pleasant Run are in, probably the
six finest quality plants, so far.
Beebalm, ‘Jacob
cline’ (Monarda didyma), on the east side of the circle. One of the better choices to attract
hummingbirds, and the most mildew resistant we have found.
Winecups, on
the South side of the circle. A really
tough native of the US.
Spiderworts,
on the north side of the circle, they might like the bit of shade, provided by
the Butterfly Bush.
Cutleaf
Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
(Ignore the line about “rampant spreading”, in four years my colony
tripled in size, and there have been three stray seedlings, to me this is
vigor, not “rampant spreading”). A New
Jersey native, that provides nectar, a host for the Silvery Checkerspot,
and will be a seed source for Goldfinches.
I like plants that are beneficial to wildlife, sometimes a plant will
have two wildlife benefits, but, an NJ native that provides three wildlife
benefits, OH BABY! It doesn’t get much
better than this!
Also accomplished today was
soil preparation for the surprisingly elusive Ice plant. No worries, we have options, it’s just early
in the season.
Tomorrow, after 5:30,
hopefully to be planted
“Chocolate Mint” (Mentha piperita), our strongest scented
plant. Not native, a somewhat
undeserved bad reputation, but has such a strong scent we use it as a natural
deer deterrent. Now this IS a “rampant spreader”, and will be planted with a
rhizome barrier.
Cabbage
leaf Coneflower is similar to the Culeaf Coneflower, and much better
behaved. A smaller grouping for this
one, on the north end of the building.
Later in the week,
Pleasant Run has donated:
(3), Compact
Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum opulus Compactum) an attractive
shrub that will provide fruit for birds in the winter:
(4) Summersweet, (Clethra ainifolia-Ruby Spice) another native nectar source, sometimes
recommended as a substitute for the butterfly bush.
All of these are
large, healthy plants!
Additional plant
donations were made to the Habitat project.
THANK YOU Pleasant Run.
The Coast violets (Viola
brittonia) (Photo is of those growing here) have arrived, from Toadshade , but will have to wait, we are
almost out of manure, again. Will get
some on Tuesday maybe.
Ellen brought a mixture of
annuls and perennials, donated by Rutgers, for this and the Habitat project.
Schedule, so far, tomorrow,
12 APR and Wednesday 14 APR, after 5:30.
Thank you all,
John
All,
Thank you for
volunteering.
My schedule these are times I MAY be there, if you want
me there, just let me know.
Friday, 9 APR,
after 5:30 PM
Sunday, 10 APR, anytime,
daylight preferred.
I look forward
to working with you.
Regards,
John Brandauer
10 Spring Road
Clarksburg, NJ 08510
www.weedsforwildlife.com
Ave Healing Garden update
The club has donated, Coreopsis
grandiflora ‘Heliot’. Lisa picked
these up, from Pleasant Run (at a wholesale price), and delivered them to
me. Such good service. Thank you Lisa, and thank you Allentown
Garden Club. There are six, which will
go in front of the double windows, three each, on either side of a Threadleaf
Ironweed. The 2010 Plant
Delight catalog inspired me to add this, I like the story of George
W. Letterman, but I ordered it from Niche Gardens. (Shipping 15 APR)
Last night at the BofD meeting,
Kathy and Jill have offered a birdfeeder and birdhouse, which they have
made. Thank you Kathy and Jill.
Tonight went VERY WELL! When I arrived Donna Mottola was already working away, shortly afterward
Kim and Larry Pado, came, with a second wheelbarrow. To my AMAZEMENT, we were able to remove ALL of the remaining
gravel, from the center circle! While
the only planting tonight was the Clumping Mountain
Mint having all of that gravel removed is excellent. Feeling time was pressing; I was planning to
hire a day laborer, on Sunday. Larry
who had not had enough, did an exploratory dig, and there may not be as much
plastic under the rest of the gravel as we feared. THANK YOU, Donna, Kim and Larry!
I forgot to bring mulch, but my wife Susan has volunteered to mulch
early tomorrow morning. Thank you
Susan.
Regards,
John Brandauer
10 Spring Road
Clarksburg, NJ 08510
www.weedsforwildlife.com
All
Good
news, my wife has spoken with the town (Millstone) and they will deliver a load
of mulch, FREE! This is not triple shredded, will be a bit coarse, but is
FREE. I don't mind buying plants, money on soil amendments is always
money well spent, but paying for mulch, well we all have our priorities.
Regards,
John
Brandauer
10 Spring Road
Clarksburg, NJ 08510
www.weedsforwildlife.com
We have broken ground for
the Healing Garden!
There is going to be a bit
more work. It appears that the guy that went over to investigate only looked at
the top couple of inches of soil.
“The soil is fair in
quality, but has quite a bit of gravel.”
Had he gone down a few
inches, he would have discovered that someone put wood mulch, (now decomposed)
over gravel mulch, which is over an old swimming pool liner. Along the building there is vestige of
another weed barrier that will not allow water to pass through, looks like
sheet plastic, under gravel mulch, which is under partially decayed wood mulch. No big deal, just a bit more effort.
Kim and her husband Larry
volunteered this afternoon, Kim planted while Larry and I rearranged
gravel. With Larry’s help, about a
third of the center circle has the offending pool liner and most of the gravel
gone.
Thank you Kim and
Larry!
In my estimate, we are just
under 10% planted! (By area, not by plant).
It is beginning to look like a pending garden!
In and mulched:
Butterfly bush, purple Buddleia
davidii, perfectly centered in the circle
Sedum, variegated, Sedum
sieboldii "Mediovariegata", beneath one of the sets of windows.
Agastache "Tutti
Frutti", south of the Butterfly bush, basking in the full southern
exposure. Larry can confirm the full
sun.
My schedule these are times I MAY be there, if you want
me there, just let me know.
Wednesday, 7
APR, after 5:30 PM
Friday, 9 APR,
after 5:30 PM
Saturday, 10 APR, limited
availability, morning till early afternoon.
Sunday, 10 APR,
anytime, daylight preferred.
I look forward
to working with you.
Regards,
John Brandauer
10 Spring Road
Clarksburg, NJ 08510
www.weedsforwildlife.com
Morning,
There I was this morning
trying to decide which species of native Violet (host and nectar source) to
plant at M&M, (I had been leaning towards Crow Foot Violet.) and this
mornings NY Times article convinced me that Viola brittonia is the
violet of choice. We grow it here,
well behaved and trouble free. This
should do well in the amended soil area, with the Chelone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/nyregion/03flora.html?ref=science
Last night Susan and I did
some fine tuning on the plant selections, some previous proposals were bumped
Gladiolus “Atom” and Crocosmia “Lucifer”.
Sigh. Purple Milkweed Asclepias
purpurascens and Swamp Milkweed Asclepias
incarnata are in. YEA! The Pink Turtlehead Chelone
lyonii will be supplemented with a White Turtlehead Chelone
glabra in an attempt to lure the Baltimore Checkerspot. Also
proposed, on the north side of the Butterfly bush, native spiderworts
Tradescantia virginiana, which will appreciate life in the shadow of
the butterfly bush.
The high goldfinch appeal
and a desire for symmetry, has us proposing a second planting of Cabbage Leaf Coneflower Rudbeckia maxima.
All plant selections are
penciled in on the drawing, literally, the garden design software is yet to
arrive. If anyone has suggestions,
recommendations… The option to erase
and substitute is there. We certainly
did a bit of that last night. Added
more natives, extended bloom times, improved wildlife benefits, enhanced visual
appeal…
Please note the revised
schedule limited availability on Saturday. (Good thing my wife is on the distribution,
she reminded me I volunteered for the “Meet the artist social.”
My schedule
Monday 5 APR,
anytime, daylight preferred
Wednesday, 7
APR, after 5:30 PM
Friday, 9 APR,
after 5:30 PM
Saturday, 10 APR,
limited availability, morning till early afternoon.
Sunday, 10 APR,
anytime, daylight preferred.
I look forward
to working with you.
Regards,
John Brandauer
10 Spring Road
Clarksburg, NJ 08510
www.weedsforwildlife.com
All,
I thank you all for
volunteering.
On Thursday, I spoke with
Von, Director of Nursing, at the Ave Care, site
(formerly M & M Rest Home). We are
free to garden at any time. Enough plant material has arrived, to at
least begin.
I am off
tomorrow, 5 APR, and will go over to transplant the butterfly bush. If anyone else is interested in planting
some of the others, tomorrow, please let me know, we can set up a time. I am substituting a mature (was eight feet
tall before pruning) for the white, if there are no objections.
My schedule
Monday 5 APR,
anytime, daylight preferred
Wednesday, 7
APR, after 5:30 PM
Friday, 9 APR,
after 5:30 PM
Saturday, 10
APR, anytime, daylight preferred
Sunday, 10 APR,
anytime, daylight preferred
Ready for planting:
Agastache x 'Tutti
Frutti' http://www.flickr.com/photos/91753832@N00/4469944672/
Variegated Sedum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91753832@N00/4469204995/
Cabbage Leaf Coneflower
http://www.weedsforwildlife.com/plants/Cabbage_Leaf_Coneflower.pdf
Purple Coneflower
http://www.weedsforwildlife.com/plants/Purple_Coneflower.pdf
Anyone who can help, please
let me know, when would be best for you.
To integrate
more scented plants, (recommended for nursing home gardens) tomorrow I will
also dig some Clumping Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum ”Eagle Rock” for later planting, and provide a barrier,
lest it forget it’s “clumping” habit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91753832@N00/4469172217/
Anyone with interest
in planning, suggestions of plant selection, or possible donation of plant
material, please feel free to contact me.
There is a strong preference for wildlife beneficial plants, nectar for
butterflies, seeds for birds, etc.
Native plants or non-natives which are not invasive, nor overly
aggressive, and low maintenance, with good visual appeal seem like the better
choices, to me, if we aren’t asking too much from a plant.
Regards,
John Brandauer
10 Spring Road
Clarksburg, NJ 08510
www.weedsforwildlife.com