Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Butterflies page 4, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Of course, life likes to mock me. So after I finally made my way back to my car, stopped and got lunch (supersize drink of course), and pulled into my driveway, this guy was hanging out on my Tampa Mock Vervain (glandularia tampensis). I spend four hours chasing butterflies, and here's one at my front door. Sigh. I planted some passion vine, so maybe this Gulf Fritillary is moving into the neighborhood. By the way, Tampa Vervain is an endangered species. I planted it in front of my house and out by the fence in front of our street. The lubber grasshoppers hit it pretty hard, but it's a tough native - and I figured like any verbena (true or mock) it would attract butterflies!

Edited to say that the verbena is the little purple flowers. Those big things are silver Tidal Wave petunias - highly recommended - I grow them from seed.

This message was edited May 27, 2007 2:24 PM