Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 28, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
LOL Cat, and how many do YOU get that I don't???!

YW Trudi!

Ah Becky, Nasturtiums come up pretty quick, and with the way things grow there in FL you'll be in business before you know it, :-).
Another thing to plant for them is cabbage. I found some seeds for Dutch Round Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)today and planted it., now wishing I had done that last fall too :- . The Mustard Green, also (Brassica spp.) seeds were planted last fall, and already have some good leaves going. Time for me to plant Nasturtiums too.

Cabbage Whites are usually the first butterflies I see in great numbers here. I also see the Checkered Whites which also eat Cabbage... We will see what we get with it. I put all of this in a raised bed with the Plantain and some Cowpen Daisies. No telling how thats all going to turn out. I will just have to keep a sense of humor and a lotta faith... LOL!

I found some Crocosmia Emberglow at the 99 cent store today also and planted about 8 of them in a few end spots (Pks of 2 for .99, not bad). Hummers really liked them last year.. It was the first thing they hit on their rounds. Says not to plant them in the same place every time, that they must be rotated.

Here's the ones from last year just beginning to bloom.