#cosogardening #flowers #Cosmos
This is my pollinator garden. I chose several packets of seeds and planted them last spring in March. Catch 22 the seeds don't germinate until the soil temp reaches around 70 degrees. However, we kept having very low temps until end of May. My seeds did not start sprouting until end of June. Flowers came in August. Then in Sept the Cosmos started to grow very tall. The tallest reached 7'- got blown over. The trunk is almost 2" in diameter!
@QueenOfEverything You ROCK!!!
#PollinatorGardens! We ALL need them! 💞💞💞💞
Aww Queenie sweetie pie! I'm so happy to know you're in Washington (What part? I have 1 sister in the W side and 1 in the E side!) and I'm in Portland. Well, near there. There is so much wonderfulness in the great state of Washington! Did you know that Crown Bees is located there? https://crownbees.com/
I'm in Tacoma, and my 2 daughters live in Seattle. Just looked up Crown Bees and they're only 47 miles away! That's wonderful- I'll plan a field trip as soon as I can. This will be a great addition if I can add even a few homes for bees in my yard.
If you're ever coming near or through Tacoma- send me a DM. If you come in the next month- I can give you a huge bouquet of DAHLIAS!
@QueenOfEverything I get it that Texas has it's own kind of beauty. Every single place on earth does. But nothing - NOTHING - is like the PNW!! 💞💞💞
@mims
Moving to WAshington has been like paradise for me. I didn't see one bumblebee in the 16 years I lived in Texas. Bumblebees love Dahlias and so I've got quite a few- still need more. There are a lot of hummingbirds here, night moths, and different kinds of bees. I haven't seen any bats, but they're here.
I'm conscious of planting for pollinators- I plant native PLUS flowers I love- so I have to grow extra since I'm not a native purist like my neighbors. 😎