Attracting MORE Insects with Native Plants – Part 2: Butterflies
(The snow is finally retreating! Derby Canyon Natives will open for retail sales Friday, March 21, and thereafter be open every Friday 9-5…
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Late summer flowers for native pollinators
Parnassian butterfly on coyote mint (Monardella odoratissimma), late August at 4500′ Most of our native wildflowers of the lower elevations of Central Washington are at…
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…
Showy milkweed – common and extraordinary
Most residents of Eastern Washington are familiar with this plant, whether they know it or not. Often growing in rather bare areas or…