🌿 RUTHIE'S ROSY SNAPDRAGON 🌿

The bird population across N. America has dropped ca. 30% since 1970, according to Ken Rosenberg whose research is quoted in an article for the Scientific American, Sept. 2019.

Here are some favorite plants for bumblebees, other pollinators, and Hummingbirds that we could easily grow in the natural gardens gracing this rock.

Ruthie's Rosy Snapdragon
Here is an Antirrhinum grown by Ruthie;
no digital filter required for this stunning color.
She shared a generous start of this plant
for a trial at the Gatehouse garden;
we hope for future seeds to share.
Can you believe this specimen is, easy,
long-blooming, perennial, self-seeding,
hardy to Zone 8 winters,
AND a good nectaring plant with a color
that attracts Hummingbirds to our gardens!
Thanks, Ruthie.

A new listing of the special, self-seeding
perennial, thanks to Ruthie D. who has grown
this plant through winters for ca. ten years
in USDA Zone 8, San Juan Archipelago, WA.

Also new to our listings this year: seeds of the native Douglas Aster, an important plant for pollinators. It is reported to be easy to germinate.

Wild Douglas Aster
Native to the San Juan Islands.
A favorite of the much-needed pollinators
and avian friends.
Seed packets are available for this easy perennial.
Ahhh, a plant that can grow mixed in with
the native wild grasses and be very happy.
 Gatehouse garden shed,
Reefnet Bay Road, 
Shaw Island, WA.