The Spring Happy Blues
Blue flowers in your garden.
Many early spring blooms are blue. The bluebell is a good choice.
Hyacinth and Salvia are great spring pollinator treats.
Then make sure to have plenty of blue vining flowers to last until fall.
However, blue flowers aren't as easy or common as you might assume. You'll need to make special spots for the blue blooms in your garden.
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Tough Odds
Monarch butterfly reproduction.
Did you know that only about 5% of Monarchs successfully hatch and survive in nature?
You can boost those odds by 90% if you monitor their nurseries in your gardens. Foster them.
As for indoor breeding. I still don't support the idea. Keep a healthy garden and stay natural
Monarch Cycle:
Eggs (4-7days)
Caterpillar (2 weeks)
Chrysalis (8-14 days)
Monarch (Fall migrators over 8 months)
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Salvia's Relationship To Nature
The importance of flowering herbs in early spring.
Salvia or Sage, there's a serious romance of sorts with the pollinator posse.
If you want a Monarch to "super like" your garden. The milkweed/salvia duo will not disappoint.
One of the first blooms in my garden is my blue bedder salvia. It never disappoints.
It's my "calling card" that the garden is open for pollinators
Until Tomorrow! Smile On!
