Vine for Monarch Butterflies for Texas weather

http://www.neilsperry.com/article.cfm?show=241

Nada, how did you run into this one? and do you know where to find it?
Josephine.

Got it on one of my newsletters. No haven't found where to get it yet.

It's hard for me to tell, I have invasive heart-leafed vines everywhere in my yard. I'll go do some investigating this weekend. It would be nice to know they have a purpose i can relate to.

That's about the way I feel too. I don't mind something being a bit invasive/viney/bothersome if I know something needs it to live. I plant fennel JUST for butterflies. I don't eat the stuff or hardly ever even use the seeds. But I LOVE watching the cats eatting all over it.

nada, thanks for the link.

calvin

Oh my goodness! I think I have this very vine climbing up the Martin birdhouse pole. All the descriptions fit except I haven't seen any seed pods yet. I'll have to keep checking it. I was going to cut it down thinking it was just some sort of weed. It had begun twining in one of my shrubs nearby and that's the main reason I was planning to cut it down. I'll be keeping a close eye on this vine for sure.
Lin

Here is another good link for good plants for texas that I got today

http://www.texassuperstar.com/

Here's another pic of it with the seed pods and the blooms.

http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1116017

So Calvin, did you get all the plants planted yet?

Hey nada,

I started to put them all in the ground, then after a phone caall I placed the fig tree one plumbago, and two cuphias to the side. My aunt and uncle lost their fig tree in the Hurricane last year (they live in Mississippi) along with the complete harvest on the tree farm. I am going to give them the fig tree as a feeling sorry gift from texas. Fig Tree, var. Texas Everbearing. I think it would be the perfect gesture. My mother and father, also in Miss, will get the plum. and cuphia for their gardens.

I really wish I had bought more. Oh well, there is always another day.

calvin

And you were fussing that you bought to many! *giggle

nada

I'm getting mine in the ground tomorrow. Plus putting out a truck load of mulch. Will be busy!

Here is the link from the plant files if you're interested.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/75/index.html

I don't think the plant on the plant files is the same one that Nada was talking about.

Her plant is called Cynanchum laeve,
and the one on the plant files is, Ampelamus albidus.
Josephine.

Ampelamus albidus is the milkeweed family. Cynanchum laeve is the species. I think. Wouldn't that mean that they are the same plant?

This message was edited Jul 28, 2006 8:06 PM

Actually ( Ampelamus albidus ) is another name for (Cynanchum laeve ) So they are one and the same plant, by two diffrent scientific names. If you scroll down on this link you will see the second ans even a third name, I wish that they would make up their minds as to names of plants. Sorry about the confusion.
Here is the link; http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=Ampelamus+albidus&mode=sciname&submit.x=12&submit.y=9

Frost, I hate it when they do that. It's like the streets here in Texas. Each one has three or more different names. Depending on where your going, where your coming from and if your heading east, west, north or south. LOL! But I guess like some invasives, it depends on how you plant it and weather or not you could give it a barrier to control it.

No luck here, after doing some research. I have lots and lots and lots of good ol' Greenbrier. I did see my first Monarch this year. I think it was the first. Funny thing ,before joining DG I never paid much attention to what species was in my yard.

I saw a monarch, a queen, a swallowtail and others I don't know the name of yet today. My yard is/was just full of butterflies today

great catch with the camera nada!

calvin