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Lawns to Legumes Garden Gallery
Region
Twin Cities Metro Area
City
Crystal
Project Type(s)
Pocket Planting
Template(s) Used
Shade Garden for Pollinators (BWSR)
Site Conditions
Part Sun
Gardener Name
Yekaterina Fesenko
Gardener Comments
Under a maple tree. The hardest part was to remove the existing grass. If I had to do it again I’d smother the grass first, still fighting it. I installed a soaker hose when I planted, I think it helped and I didn’t lose any plants until spring.
I need to add something that blooms in the middle of the season besides the prairie phlox and I need to wait and see if I need to cut back something that spreads too fast. Overall very happy. My favorite are Large Flowering Beardtongue and Rue Anemone
Wildlife Observed
Butterflies, bees, bumblebees.
