Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 34, 1 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Mish, I'm hoping to see one of those beauties one day. LOL on the falling in the dirt! I'm glad someone else does that! I'm usually gardening in high heels when I fall over. One day, I will learn to take a moment and change my shoes!

Suzy, I can't really respond to your question about the pipevine b/c I've never grown one from seed. I will say that in the early years, my vine took a beating. Then when the vine got older, I used to move the cats to parts of the vine that needed to be pruned. Now, pipevine swallowtails and polydamas butterflies lay eggs on it every day and yet I hardly ever see a caterpillar. I believe that something is eating the eggs, but I don't know what. If I were you, I would protect the vines for right now if you can.

Here's a pic that I took this morning of a Polydamas laying eggs on my Dutchman's Pipevine.