The Evelyn Jackson Wild Life Garden
celebrates biodiversity in the burbs.
Raleigh, North Carolina — USDA hardiness zone 7b
Garden Highlights
Lotus Blooms
I’m thrilled that the lotus is blooming again. It didn’t bloom last year, so I had it...
Plants
Buttonbush Blooms!
The Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) invites a wide variety of pollinators with its spiky...
Pollinators
Pipevine Swallowtail
I’m thrilled that at least one Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly is visiting the garden this...
Birds
Aunt Heron
This morning, I was explaining to Bruce that the reason I started keeping my camera next to me on...
Other Wildlife
Possum and …. wow!
I was excited to get a much better look at the Possum after I moved the wildlife camera back to...
Gardening
Supports for Floppy Pitcher Plants
Some of the pitcher plants in the bog garden grew so long and thin this year that they flopped...
