The best nectar-producing flowers and plants for monarch butterflies in San Antonio
Larkspurs readily naturalize in San Antonio gardens and fields, and they bloom in March — earlier than zinnias and at the same time as blue curl. Like zinnias, they provide a good early nectar source and provide cut flowers.Kin Man Hui /Staff file photoIf your lawn hosts sand burs and/or crabgrass in the summer and fall, it is time to apply a pre-emergent herbicicde that is labeled to prevent grassy weeds. Dimension and Crew are two such products.
Purchase your favorite, high-demand tomato transplants now, but wait until April to plant them in the garden. Until then place them in 1- to 3-gallon containers in the sun out of the wind until the weather becomes more mild. Fertilize the plants with Osmocote. To correct compacted soil, aerate and top dress the lawn. In addition to opening the soil to water, nutrient and gas exchange, the organic material in the top dressing enriches the grass roots. Fertilize the lawn with a slow-release fertilizer such as 19-05-09 after real grass has been mowed two times, which is usually about May 1.For a really unusual nectar source plant the red or purple porter weed.
Porter Weed is truly a weird plant. The flowers are intensely colored but small and are borne on weeping stems, moving up the stem as the blooms mature. The nectar is truly potent. It’s the only nectar source where I have seen hummingbirds, monarchs and bees all harvesting the nectar at the same time.
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