Most of the latest haul from the Butterfly Project NYC’s Fall Native Plant Share is settling into containers on Denton Pl and 1st St now. Their roots will have a week or two to get established before the cold season starts. Why are native plants important? Natives sustain local wildlife, they’re heritage plants that have…
Thanks to the generosity of Butterfly Project NYC, we have a slew of new baby butterfly-friendly native plants from their Fall workshop. In the spring, we were grateful to accept from the group many plants that welcomed butterflies (and caterpillars) along with other pollinators this summer. Now we have a few more to get into…
The Butterfly Project NYC held a giveaway Saturday, and I scored these butterfly plants for 372’s garden! Native plants that give butterflies the nectar and/or hosts that they need are considered butterfly-friendly plants. Besides being extraordinary to observe, these insects are beneficial pollinators; gardeners want and need to attract them. I purchased the group’s Pollinator Curriculum Guide, which should…
