Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: One More, 0 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
I don't have a pic of the only GST I raised this year. I was using the cage for BST's and put the stick the GST had pupated on up on a shelf on my entertainment center. I had all intentions of putting it in a small bug hut but forgot about it until my husband was walking thru the living room and let out a yelp then started yelling at me "butterfly in the house! butterfly in the house!" LOL... I quickly captured it before the feline cats saw it but no photo ops.

Isn't it weird how you can kill a plant that has no problem somewhere else? I still believe it's because of my theory that "you care". If you didn't then it would thrive. Before they get too bad you have to go out and threaten them. Tell them if they don't shape up you are going to just throw them in the compost. Mine usually start blooming soon after!

I've got several Scabiosas and have never killed any of them. This year one almost did tho because the Mistflower covered it up and one only had one little rosette left after a Caryopteris layed on it. But I took both of those and put them in the ground in open areas and they are healthy now and one is fixing to bloom.

I'm notorious for overwatering so this year I tried to be a little more organized and not just water because I felt sorry for them. I would say that they are fairly drought tolerant because all of mine are in my front bed, except one, and it drains quickly or dries quickly in certain spots. They are in morning shade then full blazing heat the rest of the day. I have one in my back bed that is in that gets a little more shade sometimes. I frequently dump the water fountain on it but it's on a slant too.

I love them because they never die (here) and constantly bloom. This is a lone little bloom on 1-2-06.