Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY Butterflies Page 25, 0 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
A glitter nose! Wow, that's quite a beauty, LOL!

The spicebush I grow is lindera benzoin and I bought it from http://www.mailordernatives.com I have two and they're just babies now. I have them in semi-shade but I'm thinking of moving them. The light will be the same but I wanted to give them more room and I just pulled up a bunch of philedendrons from the backyard so there's lots of space. Dad still has to hook up the truck and yank the roots out, but then that part of the yard will be totally mine (evil laughter)! Dad always complained that nothing grew in the side/back yard when what he really meant is that grass wouldn't grow there. It's pretty shady and the water accumulates there so it's constantly moist. I'm turning it into my native Florida plant understory section. I've got parsley hawthorn (I read somewhere the Red-Spotted purple will use them as a host), American Snowbell, Beautyberries, an Abutilon that Dad loves ("it looks just like a maple tree," he says and then I tell him that's why they call it a flowering Maple). I put some sweetshrub in and I also have a Florida anise (red bloom).

Speaking of native Florida plants, I went hiking today. It rained last night (yea!) and today it's been on and off cloudy. I think the animals know bad weather is coming and maybe they were all hunkering down. I didn't see any zebra swallowtails, but I found a couple of eggs. They might be duds, but I brought them home anyway.

Here's a long-tailed skipper. They were all over the lantana.