Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Plant It and They Will Come #7 Eggs and Cats Oh My, 0 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
Nice photos, ssg and coleup!

Sally, it's interesting that you don't see Swallowtails; they're about the only butterflies I see in my yard. I haven't seen a single Monarch this year, though....they're all hanging out in Maryland I guess : - )

The Swallowtails definitely like the butterfly bushes. I have 1-2 'Miss Ruby' bushes and one other dwarf cultivar. They also spend a lot of time on the flowers in my hillside garden, but I'm not sure which ones other than the Button Bush.

I saw these Clethra 'Vanilla Spice' in Home Depot this weekend...it's in a 3 gallon pot that was marked $26.98, which I thought was a good price for a shrub that large. The Proven Winners site is selling it for $34.99! I was really tempted to bring one home, but I'm determined to plant the 2 Viburnum sitting in pots on my patio first! Besides, I think these Clethras have already bloomed.