Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: B'flies coming back :), 1 by ButterflyGardnr

ButterflyGardnr wrote:
Here's a picture of my "new" butterfly garden in Oct. 2002. It looks more like a weed patch at the moment in parts of it. I made the mistake of putting Bidens alba (Spanish needle) in there. Only 5 seeds. All of which germinated and threw off 1000s of seeds, which all germinated, which threw off 1000s more seeds each... I've removed 2 32 gal. trash cans full of this plant so far. It's such a pretty little flower, but it HAS to be deadheaded religiously or you end up with what I have now--a weed patch of solid B. alba. Lesson learned. I am very careful now. I have one plant in the back yard and I may leave one or two in the front yard. The butterflies and honey bees LOVE these little flowers and flock to them in droves.