Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Looking to attract a Atala hairstreak, 1 by artcons

artcons wrote:
I thought I would update this thread as today I am taking another step to attract the Atala butterfly to my yard.
First off, the three storms that came into S Fla this year greatly affected my yard. I did lots of replanting and changing things around to take better advantage of the abundant sun here. I moved my single Coontie closer to the nectar plants and also created some shade in that area too.

Today our SF Galloping Gardeners club is making a trip to Plant Creations in Homestead. My prime goal is to buy two Bahama Berry, Nashia inaguensis plants. These are the prime nectar sources for Atala butterflies in the Bahamas, where the Atala is not rare. I have been looking for these plants since June and finally found a source them at Plant Creations. In June he had sold out of these plants. I had to wait for him to get more plants in. Now he has them.

One of the problems getting this plant is they are in high demand for folks that Bonsai them. They are an excellent plant for this purpose.

Today I will own a couple of them and by tomorrow they will be in the yard. Hopefully within a short period of time I will be able to complete this project.
Attached is a photo from Plant Creations showing a flowering branch of the Nashia.