Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Has Anyone Attracted Pipevine Swallowtails?, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
We get hundreds at the ranch but they won't use any aristolochia except the natvie aristolochia erecta (Texas Swanflower) which is sad to say a wee plant that blends into the grass and it hard to find - for my human eyes anyway.

The butterflies find it just fine - am always seeing caterpillars, chrysalids and butterflies...but for the life of me I just can't find the plant!!! I know there must be plenty around because of all the butterflies flitting about.

I've grown a. gigantea, a. fimbriata and a. elegans but they just won't use it.

~ Cat