Eupatorium purpureum Archives

An inspired wildlife garden in southern Saratoga

This week a challenge was posed to imagine turning this sandy pine forest edge into a native plant habitat oasis. Many ecological factors need to be taken into consideration: the complete abscense of any nutrients in the sandy soil, the slope of the hill that lends to erosion, and lack of water retention in quickly [...]

By Jesse|2012-09-24T18:47:16-04:00September 24th, 2012|Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias tuberosa, bird attracting plants, Blue Lupine, Butterfly Attracting Plants, butterfly gardening, butterfly gardens, Butterfly Habitat Plants, capital region gardening assistance, capital region habitat gardens, Clifton Park native plants, Connected Pine Grove, ecological garden design, ecological garden designer, ecological gardening, Ecology, endangered plant species, erosion mitigation, Eupatorium purpurea, Eupatorium purpureum, food gardens, forest edge, Fragaria spp., garden, gardening, Gardening in Saratoga, habitat friendly gardening methods, Habitat Gardening, Habitat Gardens, habitat plants, Helianthus tuberosa, home, Ironweed, Jerusalem Artichoke, Joe Pye Weed, June-bearing Strawberry, Milkweed, Monarch butterflies, Monarch butterfly habitat, native plant garden designer, Native Plants, native plants in Saratoga, native plants to attract birds, native plants to attract butterflies, organic fertilizer, plants, plants to attract birds, plants to attract butterflies, Saratoga gardens, Saratoga habitat plants, Saratoga native plants|2 Comments

More habitat garden development in Clifton Park, NY using native plant species.

This week I completed installation of a habitat garden in Clifton Park using native plants. Like many gardens in the capital region, adding native plants gives an immediate and noticeable influx of wildlife motion. This property has a forest edge and natural wetland habitat within a half a mile. Butterflies and songbirds are nearby and [...]

By Jesse|2012-09-23T13:48:22-04:00September 23rd, 2012|Asclepias incarnata, bird attracting plants, Black Cohosh, Butterfly Attracting Plants, butterfly gardening, butterfly gardens, Butterfly Habitat Plants, Capital Region gardens, capital region habitat gardens, capital region landscape designer, Cimicifuga racemosa, Clifton Park native plants, ecological garden design, ecological garden designer, ecological gardening, Eupatorium purpurea, Eupatorium purpureum, garden, gardening, Gardening in Saratoga, habitat friendly gardening methods, Habitat Gardening, Habitat Gardens, habitat gardens in Clifton Park, habitat plants, home, Joe Pye Weed, landscape design in Clifton Park, landscape design in Round Lake, Maypop Passionflower, Milkweed, Monarch butterflies, Monarch butterfly habitat, native plant garden designer, Native Plants, native plants in Clifton Park, native plants in Saratoga, native plants to attract birds, native plants to attract butterflies, organic fertilizer, Passiflora, Passionflower, plants, plants to attract birds, plants to attract butterflies, Saratoga gardens, Saratoga habitat plants, Saratoga native plants, shade gardening, shade gardens with native plants, wetland habitat|2 Comments

An installation of butterfly habitat and edible gardens in Clifton Park, NY

This work week continued in a Clifton Park property that's added extensive habitat garden space over the summer. Many native plants for butterflies have been introduced, especially in this featured photo, which will one day be referred to by neighborhood children as, "Butterfly Land." Here we see the quintessential Monarch habitat plant: Swamp Milkweed or [...]

By Jesse|2016-11-03T10:31:45-04:00September 7th, 2012|Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly Attracting Plants, butterfly gardening, butterfly gardens, Butterfly Habitat Plants, Capital Region gardens, capital region habitat gardens, capital region landscape designer, Clifton Park native plants, ecological garden design, ecological garden designer, ecological gardening, edible gardening, edible gardens, Eupatorium purpureum, gardening, Gardening in Saratoga, Habitat Gardening, Habitat Gardens, habitat gardens in Clifton Park, habitat plants, healthy eating, home, Joe Pye Weed, landscape design in Clifton Park, Milkweed, Monarch butterflies, Monarch butterfly habitat, native plant garden designer, Native Plants, native plants in Saratoga, native plants of the North East, native plants to attract butterflies, plants, plants to attract butterflies, Saratoga gardens, Saratoga habitat plants, Saratoga native plants|0 Comments

A visual update on a native plant garden in Clifton Park, NY 2 months after planting

It was delightful to visit a home in Clifton Park this week where I'd designed and planted a habitat garden two months ago. The above photo shows Filipendula rubra in bloom, and the photo below shows the same plant at installation time. The home owners have done a stellar job of keeping their new habitat [...]

Our wetland habitat’s native species struggle against invasives, in photos.

There is a desperate struggle in our local wetlands between the native plant that creates habitat for butterflies and birds called Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpurea) and the invasive plant species, noxious weed and habitat thief known as Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). As both wetland plants are in bloom right now, the competition is obvious. [...]