by Carolyn Henderson
The Bird and Bee Farm Wildscape continues to produce butterfly- and bee-attracting blooms this November and people to take a look at what our chapter does there.
The purple and white Butterfly Bushes are still in bloom as is the Tropical Sage. Those two seem to be the favorites of the pollinating crowd right now. Tropical Milkweed is also in bloom, but it’s not desired by either butterflies or bees of the three varieties there last Saturday. Indian Blankets, roses, Turks Cap of two colors, lantana, and a mystery bloom are also putting out lots of flowers. See the picture of the mystery bloom and take a guess.
Mystery flower. No one seemed to know what it is. I have ID’d it on iNat 
Giant Carpenter Bee coming off a Purple Butterfly Bush. I didn’t know I had taken a picture of it until I loaded the photos onto my computer. 
Tropical sage 
-Pink Turks’ Cap with berries. This was a very small new plant in April. Chicken poop works. 
Family taking home plants and playing with the Donkey with Donna Lewis 
Catherine Johnson working on the wildscape
Catherine Johnson, main manager of the Wildscape, has organized plant give-aways to anyone who wants to prep their own butterfly flower bed for next spring. It started last Saturday and will continue through Saturday, November 13, and Saturday, November 20. Hours are 9 to 12. Several people from out of town went home with Texas native plants for their gardens last Saturday. The Wildscape is on FM 334 between Milano and Rockdale.
If you don’t want to plant them, you can help dig them up and distribute them to patrons for service hours.
Enjoy the flowers while helping the pollinators spring through fall next year.
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