Benjamin Vogt's Blog, page 33

Nebraska Wildflowers Day 6 -- Blue Sage

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native
wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in
butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

Opening My Garden

This Saturday, June 9 from 1-3pm, I'll open my garden to anyone who wants to see a suburban prairie-esque space, and a wildlife haven. Stop over and buy a few seedlings for cheap, or just enjoy the early summer show. Leave a comment, email, or message me for the address or with questions. We're over by Pioneers Park.[image error]

Nebraska Wildflowers Day 5 -- Joe Pye Weed

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native
wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in
butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

Nebraska Wildflowers Day 4 -- Liatris Ligulistylis

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native
wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in
butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

Nebraska Wildflowers Day 3 -- Milkweed

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native
wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in
butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

Nebraska Wildflowers Day 2 -- Wild Quinine

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native
wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in
butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

Nebraska Wildflowers Day 1 -- Baptisia

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

Nebraska Wildflowers -- Baptisia

This is Nebraska wildflower week. Each day I'll feature a native wildflower that grows well for me in my fickle clay AND brings in butterflies. Hopefully, you'll find something you've never seen before.



To end the week, on Saturday, June 9 at 10am, I'll be giving a presentation on Nebraska wildflowers at Finke Gardens and Nursery. And don't forget, I do run a native prairie garden coaching business. Ahem.



Also, check out Bob Henrickson's (NE Statewide Arboretum) fantastic advice on planting...

My First Bird Nest

I know they're just robins, but after 5 years living here it's our first nest. Well, second. Cats ate the brown thrasher eggs, who had nested in a honeysuckle vine on the fence. Below, looks like we're missing a bird. Wonder if a blue jay got to an egg?











Mom was not happy happy with me on the ladder. She jumped from gutter to gutter, roof to roof, and I though that at any minute she'd land in my hair. I didn't have my hair done up today, so maybe that'd be ok, but still....

Bushless Fertilizer (And Spider Milkweed)

How else to name a post suggesting that butterfly bushes are not butterfly magnets nearly as much as caterpillar host plants, or that the production and application of fertilizer is just plain awful for the environment (and the butterflies you want to attract with your bushes).



Debbie Roberts pleads with you to plant perennials, trees, and shrubs that butterflies need to reproduce.




"If you are trying to attract more butterflies to your garden, the
first thing you need to understand is that...