I made time last week to venture up to Colockum Pass above Wenatchee. There is a rough road leading to this area at the far eastern end of the Wenatchee Mountains, dividing the Wenatchee and Kittitas Valleys, and offering spectacular views over the Waterville Plateau, the Columbia River, the western Columbia Basin, and more. With […]
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A key shrub for butterflies
If you want to attract butterflies to your landscape you’ll want to have as rich a diversity of native plants as possible, and include plants that are nectar sources for the adults and those that are food plants for larvae (caterpillars). A few plants are both great nectar sources and will also host several species of butterfly […]