Tropicals & Tender Perennials: CLARE - my first passiflora blooms, 1 by Clare_CA
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Clare_CA wrote: Hi Antoinette, Rylaff is correct that the butterflies lay eggs on the leaves, and some of those become catepillars, which will hatch into more butterflies. I had lots of butterflies in my garden last summer. I grow plants specifically to attract them. I hardly noticed any leaf damage on my Passifloras from the catepillars -- just a few eaten leaves here and there. I love your arbor. I just dug up Morifolia and Amethystina and moved them to a different trellis; so I now have P. Lady Margaret, P. Edulis, P. Belotti, and P. Mollissima on this trellis: |


