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Update on a Front Yard Pollinator Garden in Illinois
31.07.2024 - 04:52 / finegardening.com / GPOD Contributor
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Today we’re getting an exciting update on a project we saw the very beginning of last year. Nicki Snoblin decided to remove some of her front yard to create a bed for pollinator-friendly perennials. She shared the beginning process and earliest plantings here: Nicki’s New Garden Project (but Nicki has shared photos several times in the past so be sure to check out other parts of her garden in: Nicki’s Indoor Garden, Fall in Nicki’s Garden, and New Garden Inspired by the GPOD).
Today we finally get to see how this first year of growth went for Nicki, how things are looking, the lessons she’s learned, and what she is looking to do next.
Last year I sent in photos of a new garden I was creating in my front yard, hoping to create more full-sun planting space and attract pollinators. Now I’d like to share some pictures to show how it’s doing this year.
It was thrilling this spring to see most of the things I planted start coming up. Overall, I’m pleased, but there are a few mysteries. Why can’t I keep butterfly weed alive? What’s causing some of the anise hyssop plants to die and others to thrive? Why do deer tiptoe through the garden and nibble just certain plants over and over and not touch the others? Who invented Japanese beetles, and why?
In May, several clumps of bearded iris were in bloom, along with catmint (upper left) and false indigo. After blooming, the false indigo turned into gigantic shrubs. I cut them back by about a third, but eventually I may have to move one of them.
In June, the sea holly (Eryngium × zabelii ‘Big Blue’, Zones 5–9) bloomed spectacularly. Unfortunately, immediately afterward, it died down to the ground. I don’t have high hopes for it for next year; it really doesn’t like our
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