FROM THE NORTH HAVEN GARDEN CLUB Tips on planting a moon garden

By Cindy Golia

Have you ever heard of a moon garden? I was reading up on this type of garden and found out all the benefits associated with growing one.

Have you ever seen what a garden looks like at night, say between dusk and dawn, when the bright light of the moon illuminates the plants? Did you even know there were night pollinators? These include native bees, bats and moths.

When you walk through your moon garden, you will be able to observe the industrious, so-called "third shift" pollinators going about their important work.

Types of plants in a moon garden should include flowers in pale shades of yellow, blue, purple, white, cream, pink and green, along with plants that have gray or silver foliage. Pale blooms like evening primrose, snow in summer, snowdrop, white bleeding heart, white daffodil, sweet alyssum, hy- drangea and mock orange (very fragrant), and silvery foliage such as lambs ear, dusty miller, silver and Russian sage are all good choices, and are hardy in our zone. For more texture, you can add variegated plants like hosta.

Another aspect of a moon garden is that the blossoms become more fragrant in the evening. Angel trumpet is another very fragrant shrub or tree and can reach over 6 feet tall. With most species being fragrant at night, they will attract moths.

There are even more varieties of flowers that can go in your moon garden. All the flowers mentioned are magnets for night pollinators.

Lets talk about who visits your moon garden: Moths, bats and bees.

Everyone knows moths are attracted to light. In the moonlight, white flowers show up well. Moths also have an amazing sense of smell, they love flowers that are highly scented, they have very long tongues and will hover over the plants to sip the nectar while others land on the flowers to feed. Sphinx moths will visit honeyscukle, columbine and amsoina blue star, just to name a few.

By planting fragrant flowers, herbs and night-blooming plants, you will attract nocturnal insects, which, in turn, lure bats. The more insects, the better. Try planting dahlia, French marigold, nicotiana, evening primrose, thyme, raspberry or honeysuckle. Any pale-colored flowers planted in your moon garden will also help bring in the bugs.

There are only a few native bees that do their pollinating during the night. Sweat bees are around most of the time, day and night. Working in the night, they use the light of the moon and starlight to navigate through your garden. There are many types of sweat bees found all over the United States. The females of this species are fully iridescent in shades of blue and green, with the exception of amber-colored legs and wings. Males have wide black bands on a goldenrodyellow metasoma. These bees are considered a consistent pollinator in the eastern half of the United States. As we all know, most bees, including honeybees do their pollinating during the day.

Moon garden layouts can be large and elaborate, or just a small little flowerbed. Either way, you will want to select a site that is easy to access at night. Oftentimes, moon gardens are placed near a deck, patio, porch, or large window where the sights, sounds, and smells of the garden can be easily enjoyed.

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