A Few Annuals and One Summer of Growth

Perennial gardens take patience, and for those lacking in it, a few annuals can fill in the gaps the first year. I chose some lantanas and a purple coneflower already in bloom at a local garden center. The butterflies who stopped by appreciated those additions as well. This photo was taken right before the average first frost to document the growth in one season.

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Down Goes The Cardboard

20 Bags of Mulch on the Ground

While my hope is that native violets will fill in as a living groundcover, mulch is needed in the meantime. I've labeled every single plant so that I will know what should appear where and to better inform my future weeding activities after a long winter.

Garden Sketch -- What I Planted Where

I took some time to make an amateur sketch of my planting layout, taking care to size the drawings for each plant's eventual mature width. BFI = Blue False Indigo CB = Columbine FG = Foxglove FN = False Nettle GA = Golden Alexander HV = Hoary Vervain LBS = Little Bluestem OCF = Orange Coneflower PCF = Purple Coneflower PMW = Purple Milkweed PPCF = Pale Purple Coneflower PV = Prairie Violet RMW = Rose Milkweed SBES = Sweet Black-Eyed Susan SmP = Small's Penstemon SOG = Sideoats Grama YCF = Yellow Coneflower

My Native Wisconsin Butterfly Garden

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