Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in AUTUMN
$ 30.00
A native wildflower garden along the front range of the Rocky Mountains delivers beauty as well as habitat for birds and pollinators throughout the year. From late August through mid- to late October, the garden changes almost daily as leaf colors gradually change from green to golden yellow and shades of red and orange. Fall-blooming black-eyed susans, chocolate flowers, goldenrod, and a few remaining columbines and prairie coneflowers add other yellows to the scene. Rabbitbrush reaches its peak yellow in fall too. Its profuse blooms attract a host of butterflies and other insects. Painted ladies, sulfurs and monarch butterflies are stand-outs among these. Columbine leaves turn various shades in fall, including purple, while fall-blooming pink and purple flowers including gay feather, aster and rocky mountain bee plant now show their blossoms. Spotted towhees, cedar waxwings, chipping and white-crowned sparrows visit the garden from nearby habitats while migrating through enroute further south for winter.
Art by Colorado Artist Susan E. Quinlan
Visit susanquinlan.com for a free guide to Through the Seasons wildflowers and wildlife along with information about the joys and benefits of native plant gardening.
