I too have just come across this tread. I love the idea of a Moon Garden so I want to make one this coming spring/summer. I have written down the flower suggestions. I want to look over pictures of my flower beds when they were in bloom to see if I can transplant some of my own flowers. I know that I have a white garden phlox and have just winter sown some Pow Wow white Coneflower seeds. I would also like to add the Moon Flower vine and plant. I can't wait till spring gets here.

I am so happy that I came across this thread. Thanks for the great info.

Nobody is posting critter pics?


Datura with hawk moth


4 o'clock and hawk moth

Love them Stone. I think moths will be one of the great extras of a Moon Garden.

I try not to be out in the garden at night. We are on a creek, we get a lot of mosquitoes, and I am more sensitive than most people (and I am also a mosquito magnet ). I mostly enjoy the Moon Garden (during the low light periods) while safely inside. I wish it were otherwise...

I don't think that I have seen the large moths here, though I am sure that at least some of them are natural pollinators for some nocturnal plants. The large fragrant nocturnal daylilies (close to the species), might be attractive to such moths. Many of those are yellow, though...

Great subject. If you can find some try some white martagon lilies. This happens to be one of my white nonrecurved seedlings.
Jim

Like some of y'all, I just discovered this place. And it happened as I was flipping thru a book I have on Moonlight Gardens.
@stone - love the hawk moth pics. Decades ago I had a ton of datura as well as 3 large night blooming cereus (common name) hanging baskets. One night we looked up to see a huge moth in one of the blooms. Maybe it was a hawk moth. I just remember how surprised we were. Unfortunately I had a camera then but didn't use it. Now I only have the camera on my phone.

So anyway, I'll check in here once in awhile to see what everyone has planted and get some inspiration.

if it was huge as you described it was probably a luna moth. They are very large, mint green, and fuzzy. You don't forget seeing them.

Luna moths are indeed huge. They are the largest of the North American moths.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths...

I think that I would remember if it was green and fuzzy. The thing I remember the most is that it had the largest proboscis that any of had ever seen.

The Sphinx Moth is also fairly large. Eumorpha pandorus

http://bugguide.net/node/view/...

Also, the Gaudy Sphinx, Eumorpha labruscae

http://bugguide.net/node/view/...

Polymerous said:I try not to be out in the garden at night. We are on a creek, we get a lot of mosquitoes, and I am more sensitive than most people (and I am also a mosquito magnet ). I mostly enjoy the Moon Garden (during the low light periods) while safely inside. I wish it were otherwise...

I don't think that I have seen the large moths here, though I am sure that at least some of them are natural pollinators for some nocturnal plants. The large fragrant nocturnal daylilies (close to the species), might be attractive to such moths. Many of those are yellow, though...

You sound like me with mosquitos! We just have tons of woods and wetlands not too far.. The time I enjoy mine is dusk. I have an idea for you, I did it myself, try one of the gazebos with the zip down netting on a patio near your garden. I got mine for about $120.