Montague the Baby Monarch & an Update on the Natives
This is very exciting:
There is a baby monarch butterfly – aka monarch caterpillar – on the milkweed in my native garden.
Say hello to Montague the baby Monarch.
Hi, Montague!
But wait! There's more!
Triplets, in fact!
Monica the baby Monarch
Monet the baby Monarch
I realized there were triplets when I went to check on Montague while writing this post.
This is the reason why I'm creating a native plant garden, and it's so satisfying to see it working.
A few weeks ago, I saw Mother Monarch scoping the milkweed as a nursery.
Fun (and important) fact): Milkweed is the only plant where monarch butterflies lay their eggs and the only food source for babies like Montague, Monica, and Monet.
Seeing how successful the milkweed is, I plan to plant more.
On that note, here's a tour of how the rest of the plants in the native plant garden project phase one are doing:
(record scratch)
I forgot to blog it, but I did sprinkle some seeds a few months ago.
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I planted the ones on the left in July and the ones on the right in May.
Okay, back to the music. First, here's a current overview:
Oh, and the White Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) is new, too. I got it for a floral design project and decided to plant it here because it's a North American native (native to Texas and Louisiana).
I like how the petals look like butterflies.
The California Color mix and Black-Eyed Susans have done well.
A bee enjoys the California Poppy
California Bluebells chime in color
Dwarf Godetia shows off in two-toned pink hues
Black-Eyed Susan looks up to the sun
Yarrow is happy
And here's another baby of the garden – baby Liz!
Playing peek-a-boo
I like this playground.
I've started phase two of the native plant garden project by clearing out more of the invasive-species-filled slope and adding a new native – Sunset Manzanita.
Date planted: September 4
Reminds me, I also planted an Ashyleaf Buckwheat on the slope on June 29.
That's all for today! Thank you for reading!
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P.S.
Can you spot the California dogface butterfly in this picture?
