That song never dies and lives on through the wildflower season in central Texas.
About seven years ago, we had a rainy spring season and “weeds” began shooting up all over our front yard. We were behind on mowing and after the awkward teen years, in wildflower terms, that is, these “weeds” turned into beautiful native wildflowers.
On the black-eyed Susans we noticed various types of bees gathering nectar and pollen. They did not pay us any mind, and we observed them and their behavior. It was a really great learning opportunity for our family, and to avoid getting in trouble with the HOA, we created a trimmed up version of a pollinator path. We left a nice patch of flowers until they went to seed and died off.
There’s something special about the beauty that wildflowers bring to an area. This beauty creates in me a sense of awe when I see the fields and roadside patches in bloom. I think the birds, bees and butterflies feel the same.
Our team at Keep Wimberley Beautiful, along with our local plant nurseries and native seed distributors, want to keep that sense of awe and beauty alive in our community.
Your help is imperative to achieve this native pollinator and wildflower mission, as we are on the migration path for many pollinators.
Please consider preserving a patch of your yard or side road, for a native pollinator garden. Here’s a list of top native plants that help support pollinators in our area: Texas bluebonnet, Texas Indian paintbrush, antelope milkweed (which are imperative for monarch caterpillars), pink evening primrose, horsemint, Drummond phlox, Mexican hat, winecup, black-eyed Susans, prairie verbena, blackfoot daisy, Texas spiderlily, plains coreopsis, huisache daisy, Engelmann’s daisy, Texas thistle, and plains wild indigo.
And remember, let it grow, let it grow.
