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Yesterday we bought some azaleas. Whiskers loved hiding under my azaleas, so I think he would like having some in his butterfly garden. The azaleas I found for the butterfly garden bloom spring, summer and fall unlike the ones I have up at the house that only bloom in the spring. I got an Autumn Royalty & Autumn Starlight . We plan to get more as our finances allow the butterfly garden will be an ongoing long term project. One of my goals is to have something in bloom all year in the garden so we also purchased a pink Camilla (again we plan to plant more Camilla's as finances allow). We also got some pink calla lilies to plant (at some point I'll probably purchase some calla lily bulbs in a mixture of colors, but for now I wanted something that was already blooming).
Today I hope to find two butterfly bushes (I want a pink & a white one), Japanese Magnolia and a white & a pink dogwood. I also want to get catmint (If anyone knows where to find it on the Mississippi Gulf Coast please let me know. I hope to get it in blue and I love the Nepeta Six Hills Giant variety).
I plan to get some Chinese hibiscus and lantana and I have some Queen Anne's Lace that we are going to plant down there. I also want to get a purple and a white Chinese wisteria to go in the garden
Update on the Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
- In The Garden
The Nasturtium is blooming. This is the first time I have planted them so I didn't know what to expect. This is the Empress of India color. If they do well I may try to get some different colors next year and plant a bed of them. This is the Blue...
- Remembering Our Friends
We were very sad to read that Lacy Lulu didn't make it, you can read her family's moving tribute Last Picture, Thanks, and Tributes!! on her blog. We are going to plant a Gardenia for her in the Whiskers' Memorial Butterfly Garden. We were...
- Scylla & The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden was created in memory of our brother cat Whiskers (me & Charybdis never meet him, but Socks said he was a wonderful cat, Mommy still misses him a lot). Even though it is November we still have flowers blooming....
- Thursday Thirteen The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
Thirteen Things Growing in the Whiskers' Memorial Butterfly Garden Lantana Queen Anne's Lace Chinese Hibiscus Canna Lillies (yellow, peach & red) Calla Lillies (white & pink) Butterfly Weed (yellow) Encore Azaleas Japanese Wisteria (purple)...
- Update On The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden It's raining today so we haven't been able to do any work in the butterfly garden. We bought another Encore Azalea this one is called Autumn Chiffon. We also got more Camillas and a purple wisteria. I haven't...
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The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
We are all still grieving over the loss of Whiskers. In order to honor his memory we have decided to create a butterfly garden around his grave site. He enjoyed being around his family and this will give us a peaceful spot to sit close to his grave and I can at least hope he knows how much he is still loved and that he will always have a piece of our hearts.
Yesterday we bought some azaleas. Whiskers loved hiding under my azaleas, so I think he would like having some in his butterfly garden. The azaleas I found for the butterfly garden bloom spring, summer and fall unlike the ones I have up at the house that only bloom in the spring. I got an Autumn Royalty & Autumn Starlight . We plan to get more as our finances allow the butterfly garden will be an ongoing long term project. One of my goals is to have something in bloom all year in the garden so we also purchased a pink Camilla (again we plan to plant more Camilla's as finances allow). We also got some pink calla lilies to plant (at some point I'll probably purchase some calla lily bulbs in a mixture of colors, but for now I wanted something that was already blooming).
Today I hope to find two butterfly bushes (I want a pink & a white one), Japanese Magnolia and a white & a pink dogwood. I also want to get catmint (If anyone knows where to find it on the Mississippi Gulf Coast please let me know. I hope to get it in blue and I love the Nepeta Six Hills Giant variety).
I plan to get some Chinese hibiscus and lantana and I have some Queen Anne's Lace that we are going to plant down there. I also want to get a purple and a white Chinese wisteria to go in the garden
Update on the Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
- In The Garden
The Nasturtium is blooming. This is the first time I have planted them so I didn't know what to expect. This is the Empress of India color. If they do well I may try to get some different colors next year and plant a bed of them. This is the Blue...
- Remembering Our Friends
We were very sad to read that Lacy Lulu didn't make it, you can read her family's moving tribute Last Picture, Thanks, and Tributes!! on her blog. We are going to plant a Gardenia for her in the Whiskers' Memorial Butterfly Garden. We were...
- Scylla & The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden was created in memory of our brother cat Whiskers (me & Charybdis never meet him, but Socks said he was a wonderful cat, Mommy still misses him a lot). Even though it is November we still have flowers blooming....
- Thursday Thirteen The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
Thirteen Things Growing in the Whiskers' Memorial Butterfly Garden Lantana Queen Anne's Lace Chinese Hibiscus Canna Lillies (yellow, peach & red) Calla Lillies (white & pink) Butterfly Weed (yellow) Encore Azaleas Japanese Wisteria (purple)...
- Update On The Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden
Whiskers Memorial Butterfly Garden It's raining today so we haven't been able to do any work in the butterfly garden. We bought another Encore Azalea this one is called Autumn Chiffon. We also got more Camillas and a purple wisteria. I haven't...