Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 21, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Kim, how do you get the bfs to look in the camera!? Great pics!

My cherry tree is pretty skinny, too - but for $12! And yes, I am planning to dominate all the bfs in my area (evil laugh!). Speaking of that...I was reading about people who have these new "green" roofs where they literally have plants growing on their roof. I got to daydreaming at work about what I could possibly put on our roof that would live in FL. I thought about pawpaws and blanket flowers and I had these wonderful visions of butterflies hovering over my house. It could happen, LOL!

Porterweed not available?! That's horrible! In the preserve where I hike I once ran across a stand of porterweed and lantana and it was like a butterfly buffet! They love the stuff! Plus, blue is so hard to find in the garden. And a blue flower that takes full sun - priceless!

My gulf frit eggs keep hatching and today I counted seven cats. Two more Zebra STs are about to make their chrysalis. My polydamas cats (small chance of them being pipevine STs) hadn't hatched so I told Mom to put them in front of the window in her office, thinking that my room is too dark. Maybe it was coincidence but they hatched today! Check out the pic - I counted at least 23, and I still have that one cluster that should hatch in a few more days! Thankfully, I have plenty of pipevine. I'm going to have to really study Virginia Snakeroot. It must grow in the wild but I'm sure I just walk right by it. I love finding host plants in their native environments. It helps me decide where to plant them and I love finding cats in the wild, too.