Seasonal Views of
Kathy's Meadow
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Kathy's Website: www.SpeakingofLandscapes.com
This is a one-page website. Please scroll to bottom for a full year of seasonal views.
Early June, warm season grasses
Warm season grasses grow fast as soil temps reach about 60 degrees,
Mid-June
Colorful Redtop, a cool-season grass, sways in the wind, June.
Tickseed coreopsis, June-July
Common milkweed, June - July
Butterfly weed lives up to its' name in July.
Yarrow, June - October
Yarrow foreground, Heliopsis 'Summer Nights' background, July
Heliopsis 'Summer Nights', July-August
Brown-eyed Susan foreground, splitbeard bluestem in the background, August/September
Switchgrass foreground, Bluestem broomsedge background, September
Mountainmint visited by bees, June-October.
Red Admiral butterfly on Wood's blue asters at meadow edge, September.
Early September morning, yarrow and Little Bluestem glow in the sun.
We mow once per year in mid-April. We keep all the stalks on site, however, piling them thick on weedy areas as "smothers." Also, by keeping the stalks on site, we also keep any stem-nesting bees that hadn't emerged yet.