Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Do you raise butterfly cats indoors?, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
This fennel lasted for over a year. It got about 5 feet tall and then put out a bunch of flower heads. I finally had to cut it way down, then instead of growing more leaves it just flowered again. The cats in this pic are devouring the seeds and the ladybugs and larvae are devouring aphids. Between them they stripped it and I guess sucked the life out of it. So I've not had any host food for a few months. I've got some growing now tho, and it usually survives the winter so I'll be ready when they come back. Plant it in the back or side of your bed if possible in case it gets big. I need to keep one planted beside my back door also so I won't have to go trek out in the dark to get food when I have cats.