Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Green Gardening Calendar
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
It’s July! July’s Green Gardening tips from Habitat Hollow on the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s website include :
“Plant a butterfly garden
Here are some Ohio Native plants that attract butterflies:
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
White Heath Aster (Aster ericoides)
Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Hollow Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)
Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Creeping Phlox (Phlox stolinifera)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)”
Visit the Columbus Zoo’s site for more green gardening tips. A lot of the Juy tips seem to be about inviting wildlife into your yard, birds, butterflies, small animals.
The word was the cat had caught a “flutterby” this morning and was playing with it in the grass. By the time the camera and I got there, either the cat ate it or it got away. Let’s hope it got away.
Having a cat in the yard can certainly make you aware of butterflies and moths.
The butterfly pictured is from Wikipedia which says:
“This image is a work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, taken or made during the course of an employee’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. For more information, see the FWS copyright policy.”
