Herbs: Swallowtail caterpillars on 2nd year parsley plants, 0 by JeaneTH

JeaneTH wrote:
The years I worked at Telly's greenhouse we found that besides parsley and fennel, curry plant (Helichrysum italicum) was a big favorite of swallowtails. Every year we would gather up the caterpillars on a few of the plants and several of us take them home. My grandchildren received on such plant last year and watched it every day as they went through their cycle, releasing the butterflies after they emerged. My friend Judy took one such plant home and they emerged the day her garden was on the local garden walk -- put on quite a show!