How to plant a Butterfly Garden in Containers - Potting with Patty
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Tree of Life Nursery's Casa La Paz Manager, Patty Roess, will demonstrate how to create and garden in pots with pollinator plants that will attract butterflies. Patty will show you how to plant specific California native plants in containers, such as the milkweed for monarch butterflies. Whether you are planting a garden in a small space or patio, these container gardens will attract butterflies to your space.
Butterfly Bundles! Mix and Match between different California native pollinator plants.
www.californianativeplants.com/shop
Music: Bobby Cressy- CALI NATIVE
Don’t need a big yard to help and feel connected to nature. A small patio works just fine with nectar and host potted plants. Hang a hummingbird feeder and you have your own tiny paradise. Everyday first thing when I get up ,is to run to my butterfly garden to see what’s new. Nothing goes better with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine than bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
I love California and people there. I used to live there, I miss it.
I like that, think I'll try it... I'm at the other end of the state, hope I canfind milkweed locally.
This was so much fun to watch! I'm planting a container of natives for the Mid-Atlantic coast. My milkweeds are butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and swamp milkweed (A. incarnata). For nectar, I have a compact variety of Joe-Pye weed, a tall anise hyssop, a compact form of coneflower, and New England asters that will start blooming in September. It looks so pretty! Now I will add sticks as you showed here, and a rock, to kick it up a notch. Thanks for the inspiration!
I miss Patty!!!😁
Beautiful.
How do I order a butterfly bundle? It looks fun and interesting to try! 🐛🦋
Hi there. Butterfly bundles are available for purchase at our nursery in San Juan Capistrano.
Do you still have butterfly bundles available for purchase?
I have a butterfly garden done all in pots. I don't understand the tiny amount of milkweed? One tiny plant planted amongst those others will not feed all the caterpillars that you'll get on that one little plant. They'll starve for sure. You need 2-3 containers full of milkweed plants just to feed them all. This isn't really a good way to teach people how to start a butterfly garden in pots. The host plant needs pots to themselves and the nectar plants need pots to themselves to have a successful potted butterfly garden. But I enjoyed watching your video.
how often do you water it once established? Thanks
In a container, you can water the plants about 2-3 times a week depending on the time of year and the species you've planted.
@@TreeofLifeNursery is it 2-3 times a week during spring and fall, what about summer and winter?
You don’t want to attract lizards to your containers they eat the caterpillars.