by Happy Gardener | Apr 7, 2022 | Annuals & Perennials, Pollinator Perennials, Pollinators
Today I am offering a “quick look” at some perennial pollinator plant options that we have been bringing into Rainbow Gardens lately. If you desire pollinators to visit your garden in abundance, you might want to consider adding one or all of these to your...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 6, 2022 | Annuals & Perennials, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinator Perennials, Pollinators
A stop in to one of my favorite Facebook pages, The Butterfly Landing, inspired this week’s blog on Maximilian sunflowers. Laura Jarvis, owner and operator of The Butterfly Landing, often highlights amazing pollinator plants, many of them native, on her...
by Happy Gardener | Mar 31, 2022 | Butterflies, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators, Wildflower Mixes
Pollinator season has begun and along with that comes the search for some amazing pollinator attracting plants to offer them nectar for energy and food sources for butterfly caterpillars. With that being said, Gayfeather, or Liatris, has been voted this year’s...
by Rainbow Gardens | Feb 1, 2022 | Butterflies, hummingbirds, Pollinators
This spring, our Rainbow Gardens location is in for a real treat. Every Saturday from about 11AM – 4PM, guests will be treated to expert butterfly and pollinator advice courtesy of Laura Jarvis of The Butterfly Landing. Many of you know the name Laura Jarvis as...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 16, 2021 | Pollinators, Seasonal & Gardening Tips
Urban pollinator gardens are a way to help build local ecosystems and support the biodiversity that is abundantly found within them. By definition, ecosystems are geographical areas where organisms (both living and nonliving) work together to create a communicable,...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 15, 2021 | Annuals & Perennials, Fall Garden, Pollinators, Summer Garden
You know how at the end of summer, plants look a little peaked and you are craving some color in your landscape but the weather is still too warm for cool weather annuals to really live comfortably? Enter the solution. Profusion zinnia is a great choice for...
