Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Interesting butterfly behavior, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Paige, I will have some Cassias Alata seedlings next Spring from planting early, about Feb 1. Will have plenty of the Cassia Alata seed to give you some. Then Becky will have another kind, Privit, that Sulphurs use too.
Becky, I would think as long as it doesn't get frozen the leaves should come back being it should be a perennial there in 9b. Sadly every year I planted Cassia they died over the winter, no matter what I did. This year I am prepared early...enough to share too.

A lot of the new annuals I just planted haven't seeded yet, however every year I have had some of the same, like Parsley, out in the front bed close to the front door. It faces North, and each year the annuals would survive under the leaves that were dropped and covering them.
Now the Host beds are in back too, and I just wanted to shield them from any long strains of cold. These new beds are on the South side, and it looks like a pretty cozy location. Once the beds are well established, I won't be so nervous about them. The plants I got from you/paige and the swap are in that bed, ver-r-r-ry special.

The top can be covered with a very thick clear plastic sheeting, even the Passionvines in back are geared to be covered....

So tell me,y'all...am I overdoing it?