December Pollinator Garden |

[@yvonneoude-reimerink3553]

This is so beautiful and inspiring ! Time for me to plant more natives !

[@JaneDoe-ft8sz]

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[@jennifergreene8891]

Hello neighbor 👋 Lake Jackson here 😊 Missed seeing you. Your garden still looks beautiful 😍 Wishing you a Blessed and Merry Christmas.

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

Hello neighbor! Thanks so much for your post! I wish you a Merry Cbristmas and wonderful holiday season too!

[@marleneegan-hm7lr]

Interesting about the coleus color change, I didn’t wait long enough to find out, I pulled it!

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

I know! I was so disappointed in it all summer long. The color was so not what was advertised. It is interesting about the color change now, although it isn't vibrant.

[@HoustonKeith72]

Have a very Merry Christmas!!

[@KarenSeckerson]

I absolutely love your gardens. I live in North Dakota, zone 4. We are totally frozen here. I am going to start some of your plants from seed this Spring to see if I get more hummers and butterflies next summer. I do have native plants which do bring in so many pollinators. This past summer I increased my hummers by one, so now I have two. Hoping for more next summer.❤❤❤

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

We have relatives in North Dakota! One of our Aunts in N.D. plants lots of Zinnias each year and the hummingbirds just love them in her garden.

[@jennhoff03]

Zone 4- you're just torturing yourself!! ;'D Actually I guess watching gardening videos in the winter would be a good way to tide yourself over. :)

[@JosTXGarden]

So beautiful!! I was missing your garden! I’m glad to know about violas vs pansies! I’m loving my roses this month! They all bloom beautifully in December. #Houston 😂

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

We can have such weird winter weather here in the Houston area. So far it has been mild ... I wonder how long that will last! Roses are so beautiful. My mother used to have beautiful rose gardens in her yard. I'm glad yours are blooming and you are enjoying them! Because they sure have to endure a lot in our summer heat and humidity. I prefer the larger flower size of the pansy. But the violas attract the butterflies. Of course not as well as major nectar producers like the porterweed. I notice the smaller butterflies on the violas.

[@LibbysBackyardWildlifeHabitat]

Your garden looks great! In South Carolina (8b) right after Thanksgiving we had temperatures in the low 20's for about a week. All my plants and flowers are gone. I'm already thinking about spring 2025.

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

I really enjoy garden planning for spring! We get spoiled here along the Gulf Coast because our gardens enjoy a long growing season. I get miffed if/when we do have a freeze. Lol! 😂 The last 3 years we have had hard freezes though, which is unusual for us.

[@HoustonKeith72]

So good to see you post! Your porterweed is so big! Wow. I LOVE the salvia madresnsis. It tends to like part sun correct?

[@Leekle2ManE]

Curious as to when this one was recorded? Central Florida had three nights of frosts/freezing last week (Dec 2-4) and the cold toasted most of my plants. Blue porterweed is knocked back about 25%. Dwarf Firebush has gone brown and crispy. Native firebush faired better (it is under the edge of a canopy) but is about ready to drop its leaves. Most of my salvias made it through though, as did the buddleias. But frustratingly, my plums and apples refuse tp go to sleep. Taking advantage of this time of year to get some dormant trees planted to add more structure and layers to the yard.

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

I'm sorry to hear you got those freezing temps! I recorded this video today (Dec. 10th). We have not had any temperatures below 40 degrees yet.

[@GlendasTexasGarden]

Do you take your Christmas catus inside when it freezes?

[@ButterfliesNBirds]

Yes, I took it into the garage last winter when we had our one freeze. Otherwise it was outside hanging on a tree branch. I was so surprised it survived and then bloomed again this December!

[@GlendasTexasGarden]

@@ButterfliesNBirds Oh yes, they say that Christmas cactus can live for years. 😊But I didn't know if they could handle a freeze.