Usually this time of year, I have a photo of a deutzia called Chardonnay Pearls on here. It’s one of my favorites and it’s in bloom now. But I thought I would focus (literally as well) on something different this year.
This is a close up of some things in the wildlife garden. The chives are just coming into bloom. I let this clump bloom because I have a potted clump up by the house that I use for cooking. I have another blooming clump in my vegetable garden. You might have seen it Monday.
Blooming herbs are not only pretty but they are great for pollinators. They often have just the sort of flowers that pollinators adore.
Of course if you intend to cook with your herbs, you don’t want them to flower. But most perennial herbs are so abundant that you can easily split them, keep a clump close by your kitchen for cooking and plant the rest elsewhere for pollinators.
Everyone wins!
Gardendaze 