Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Has Anyone Attracted Pipevine Swallowtails?, 0 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Lucky you rose_hip! I've grown two huge a. elegans in my yard for several years and no signs of butterfly use. I ended up removing one because it kept growing over my back fence and latching onto a utility pole - growing all the way up to the transformer - was hoping that would serve as a beacon to butterflies but no such luck. I had to cut it back several times and finally gave up and removed. Now I have little seedlings sprouting in that corner of the yard!

Was going through some old photos...and couldn't help but be amazed at how tiny this a. erecta sprout is and that the pipevine swallowtail managed to lay several eggs on it at that!

~ Cat

This message was edited Jan 24, 2009 7:06 PM