Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES PAGE 6, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
I wound up with 2 different Hercules Club , plants this year. Last fall I tried to order Zanthoxylum clava from Nearly Native in GA, and Jim was to notify me when he got them in. Meanwhile I went to visit frostweed (Josephine), and was blessed to receive the lovely Z. hirsutum, which is very special and has a bit smaller and glossier leaves. The GST oviposits on both of them now, what looks like a regular basis.
Becky, The little fruits look like tiny limes to me.
Lucy, You gotta have one, you're right! Shouldn't be too hard if you look around at your local wildlife oriented nurseries.

Becky, You wanted a scan of the backyard wildscape.. It's still a bit unrefined, but I think that is one of the things that attract so many species. This is only one section I will show ya a couple more..

Edited to list plants in picture:
Left side:
Duranta in ground
Buddleia Sungold
Buddleia Rainbow
A. elegans (Pipevine)
A. fimbriata, (Pipevine)
Amorpha fruiticosa (in a pot)
Agastache rugosa in ground back fence row
TX lantana "
Meadowsweet "
Pink Buddleia

Back to front:
Passionvine, (half eaten) Blue Crown
Various lupines
Assorted Wildflowers
Frostweed
Texas Mistflower
Hollyhock
Columbine'
Dianthus
Frogfruit
Tropical Milkweed
Foxglove
Butterfly Daisies
Ruta graveolens
Bronze Fennel
Parsley
Front center: Z clava (Hercules Club) I repotted it right after this pic into a huge pot. Left it there in front where she knows to find it.

Right row & pots front to back:
Duranta, in ground
Desert Willow (in a pot)
Desert Bird of Paradise (in a pot)
Amorpha fruitcosa (False indigo), (in a pot)
Vitex in ground
Small Black Cherry Tree (in a pot)

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