Re: backdrops

Hi Myrna...The wildflowers I raised, moved and bought.  Got some seed 
from Wildseed Farms, not in the mix.  That way you get lots of one kind.  
We have another farm with virgin (unplowed) pasture where there's lots 
of wildflowers.  Also bought some from Jungs. I think the flowers I have 
would also probably survive in Montana.  Especially since some of them 
are from Northern Minnesota.  Also some friends contribute:-)

So here's the wildflowers (I know I'll forget some of them).  New 
England asters, also a shorter blue aster from N. Minn., butterfly weed, 
daisy, wild European rose, our native wild rose, wild flax, alpine or 
wild strawberry, black eyed susan, johnny jump-up, dutchmens breeches, 
jack in the pulpit, wild geranium, Virginia bluebells, bluebells from N. 
Minn., ferns, tansy, phlox divartica, liatris, native echinacea, yellow 
native coneflower, Mexican hat, gaillardia, Flanders Field or corn 
poppies, Tahoka daisy, yarrow, goatsbeard, wild daffodils, flags or wild 
iris, pearly everlasting, snow on the mountain, wild columbine, wild 
lupine, ladies mantle, wild onion, wild stocks, wild phlox, wild 
bergemot, white sage, wild anemone, tiger lily, silver scurf pea, white 
sage, dames rocket, evening primrose, maximillan sunflower.  Planted 
sweet william, candytuft and catchfly last year.  I don't know if 
they'll make it through the winter.  Also have a lead plant and some 
wild four o'clocks that got too invasive and I got rid of them.  

Some of these plants you have to baby along.  And some make big clumps 
and try to take over the neighbors.  

In a normal year we don't have the grasshopper problem.  Only if it gets 
dry...

Hope I didn't tell you more than you wanted to know:-)

Velma from Minn. zone 4

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>
>Hello, Velma...
>
>Wow, your place sounds great! Since your climate is similar to mine 
(though
>you probably get quite a bit more snow), I'm interested in hearing more
>about your plantings. What roses and "other things" do you have? Did 
you
>plant commercial wildflowers mixes or did you make up your own? 
>I can sure understand the grasshopper problem, though here I've been 
able
>to keep them---barely---at bay by lots of watering. Any time, though, 
it
>could get droughty enough to dry up the creek that I use for 
irrigation,
>I'll be watering like you have, and the hoppers will chomp down 
everything.
>Last year, only about 100 miles from here, they were so bad that they 
even
>ate evergreens.
>
>Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
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>Velma wrote:
>>
>>Backdrops?  I lucked out on that one.  Upon retiring from crafts two 
>>years ago I thought it would be lovely to plant wildflowers in patches 
>>the full 1/2 mile of our pasture which is on one side of our 
buildings.  
>>A creek runs through the pasture with lots of trees and some sunny 
>>spots.  The idea was you could get your exercise by walking the length 
>>of the pasture and enjoy the beautiful flowers.  I planted eight 
>>different plots.  My husband mows along and around the patches with a 
>>tractor mower.  When you walk, a couple deer may jump and run.  
>>Pheasants may fly.  I've even seen a fox sunning itself.  
>>
>>But you know, plans don't always work out.  Instead of walking it, 
>>there's always hoeing or planting or watering to do, we drive a golf 
car 
>>with the gardening utensils in it.  Our two American Eskimo dogs ride 
in 
>>the golf cart with me and lay waiting patiently while I'm working.
>>
>>We've had two years of drought.  I've watered with a tractor and 300 
>>gal. tank behind.  The grasshoppers have been horrendous.  This is why 
>>we're going into drip irrigation.
>>
>>My friends come out and we wander the beds together and relax way out 
in 
>>the pasture together and enjoy the scenery.  Not bothered by phone or 
>>anything else.  People come for tours and enjoy the flowers in the 
>>pasture.  It's not only wild flowers, decided that that's too 
limiting.  
>>There's roses, lilies and lots of other things.
>>
>>My husband's friend said "this is like a park.  This would be a good 
>>place to be buried!!!"
>>
>>Velma from Minnesota zone 4
>
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