
This is my pollinator garden created in the spring (March-May) of 2019. Main plants are 5 Salvia sylvestris 'May Night', Meadow sage; 5 Aquilegia chrysantha v. chaplinei 'Little Treasure', dwarf yellow Columbine; 2 Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamot; 1 New Jersey Tea plant (should be 2, but one died), 1 Asclepias Tubrosa, butterfly weed (should be 3, but 2 died); and 3 Tiarella cordifolia 'Pink Skyrocket', Foam Flower (all 3 died); 2 lemon thyme and 2 sweat mint plants. Also a blue Wisteria vine that has not bloomed yet. Under a big Palo Verde tree and a Silver Texas sage bush trained as a standard (small tree). Also annuals of Lobelia, Sweet William, Alyssum, marigolds and zinnias. The annuals may not always be these as I'll see what works best in future. Other features are a birdbath and a hummingbird feeder. So far this year the garden has been home to a pair of Lucy's Warblers, I believe it's the same pair that lived there in the spring of last year. They claim a Terra cotta jar 10' up the Palo Verde tree and build a nest in it. I could never tell if they had any offspring, though. They are only seasonal (spring) residents to my garden. Also 3 kinds of hummingbirds visit the feeder. Only one of which I have a positive ID on and it is an Anna's Hummingbird. Many unidentified small butterflies and/or moths. Hummingbird moths, Sulfurs (dark yellow like a yield sign), a white butterfly with a black spot on its forward wing tip and little pale lavender butterflies. A lot of bees, they love the salvia as well as the trees. Lots of lizards, mostly when the soaker hose is on. All kinds of flies.