Hollyhocks ~Edgar Guest Old-fashioned flowers! I love them all: The morning-glories on the wall, The pansies in their patch of shade, The violets, stolen from a glade, The bleeding hearts and columbine, Have long been garden friends of mine; But memory every summer flocks About a clump of hollyhocks. The mother loved them years ago; […]
Posted on August 29th, 2011 by Kathryn
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Dutchman’s pipevine How I managed to garden all these many years and not know the difference between host and nectar plants for butterflies is beyond me. Honestly? I’d never really thought about it, primarily because no one really brought it to my attention! It was only through my recent field trip to Hallberg Butterfly Gardens […]
Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Kathryn
Filed under: Animals | 32 Comments »
