Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: First time for the sulphers, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Thx Terrie, I will certainly share as I can get pics.
The thing is, I live in FW TX which is quite a way away from the tropical habitat where Sulphurs are found more abundantly. The rain has made a big difference this year, and I'm glad I didn't give up on them. In FL, lots of people have the various Cassia/Sennas, they live year round there. Here in Ft Worth they have a shorter growing season, (about 6 mos.) and it is rare to see people growing them with any consistancy.
Getting them to come to me has been a seriously huge challenge. My SIL has grown Candletrees for a long time here in FW. She gave me one about 15 years ago, and I fell in love with it. Couple years after that I found out they were a larval host for Sulphur Butterflies. Ever since the first one, I've planted them every year in Spring, and never could get Sulphurs to come this far in the middle of suberbia to lay their eggs. I must have been way out of their path.
Hopefully now thet they are going to be established at this very spot on the planet. Maybe they will keep coming, now that I have a hold on how to properly welcome them.

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