More from John’s butterfly (and hummingbird) garden in Michigan

We wanted more photos , and John obliged ! In shell you missed it , here ’s what he saidyesterday:“I have been a nurseryman all of my life-time since I rise up helping my father , who loved having a vegetable garden , and my female parent , who loved rosiness and beautiful flower beds . When my married woman and I got our own home 25 years ago , I was frantic to have my very own land to be creative with and before long had a small vegetable garden , flower beds , and water feature film .

“ During the winter of 2012 , I wait on a demonstration on creating a butterfly stroke garden use native plants and this really beguile my interest ! That spring , I expanded my antecedently small vegetable garden into a much larger garden for not only aboriginal plant but my favorite yearbook and butterfly stroke nectaring plant . I currently have 54 unlike species of aboriginal flora in my garden , with some ducky being Joe Pye smoke , central flower , agueweed , anise hyssop , regal coneflower , queen of the prairie , vernonia , various blazing star , five different metal money of milkweed , bee balm , orangish coneflower , and many others .

“ I also have sum some of my favourite non - natives such as zinnias , cleome , lantana , ‘ Victoria Blue ’ salvia , delphinium , and Mexican helianthus . I was thrilled to have over 25 dissimilar coinage of butterflies inflict my garden last summertime and beautiful ruby - throated hummingbirds every solar day !

“ My hobby of photography dove - bottom attractively with my gardening and I spend prison term virtually every summer sidereal day capturing the beautiful Bronx cheer and butterfly visitant as well as the unbelievable beauty of the flower . Additionally , I have become concerned in helping preserve the Monarch butterfly and by planting silkweed as a larva food author and legion peak as a nectaring reservoir , I was able-bodied to get my garden certified as an officialMonarch WaystationbyMonarch Watch . ”

Gorgeous garden , gorgeous photos , John . Thanks so much for the bonus batch ! * * * sassy caption with the photos * * *

— -Winter is the gross fourth dimension to take a photographic stroll through the photos you film in your garden this year … … and then send some in to me at[email protect ] !

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