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Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Why it is called a Cup Plant, 1 by picabo

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picabo wrote:
My butterflies spend most of their time at one of my Cup Plants. Their favorite is over 10 feet tall, and has about a dozen stalks. I have several others ranging from 2 feet up. Notice the cup at the leaf joint, This section holds water and I have seen Gold finches drinking at the cup. The birds usually harvest the seeds before I can.