Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: PART 2 BF Host Plant Seed Trade DISCUSSION, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Yeah Star!
That Spicebush Swallowtail is one cool cat....I hope you get some! I am getting about a dozen viable Sassafrass seeds this week,, hoping to host some myself.

Do you have Milkweed? We have plenty of seed for a couple different varieties. You need to begin establishing that as soon as you can in Late winter so it will be ready for the Monarchs and Queens coming up from Florida and Mexico.

As soon as it starts to warm up you can get some Parsley plants. by Spring there will be Black swallowtails looking for a place to ovipost. They like several different host plants, but Parsley is an easy one to start with and easy to find.

Just add your host plants as you go.

Here is a pic of Spicebush ST Cat>