Ginni - Nice photos! Looks like a Tiger Swallowtail, but can't be sure. Lovely!!!
Butterfly Attracting Plants with Photos
One of my first butterflies!!!!
Zebra ST on the biggest Butterfly Bush bloom I've ever seen. Did I guess correctly, ctinmdell?
ctindell, you should be very proud to have a Tiger ST as one of your first!! We don't get them here so I'm jealous!
Then I missed my guess then, right?
Oh no! You didn't! A Zebra is exactly what it is! I was thinking we only get Tiger's and that came out. See, I was overcome with jealousy and lost my head. lol
LOL! Got the BF right, Great! Now, I'm jealous over that large bloom! It is a butterfly bush, right? Never seen a pink one if that's what it is!
Huh? .. Nahhh, jes gotta be a Zebra Swallowtail .. kkb !?!
(Have ya been chuggin' some of that fermentin' butterfly mash?) .. heehee .. Merely teasin' you kkb!) http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/176/
And how blessed you are, ctindell .. on your 1st flutterbyes! Know ya gotta be plum thrilled.
- Magpye
Woopsies .. pardon and disregard my post up there. .. lol
* Welllll, 'cept the message for ctindell .. of course!
- Magpye
This message was edited Jun 25, 2007 8:14 PM
Oh, He's nice looking, ctindell!
I want a Zebra Swallowtail family here at my place sooo bad! I planted Paw Paws -- 2 of them -- in the hopes they like it here. I have seen them, but they are few and far between.
Suzy
Magpye, having some of that butterfly mash might not be such a bad idea! It might just clear up my fuzzy head! LOL!
Carla, I have my Frogfruit planted where it grows around the edge of my bed. It definitely goes over but rarely goes into the bed. If it does I just pull the runners up. It's one of the more simple pleasures in my garden. I personally vouch for it and suggest you plant it!
tgif, that's a nice big field there! Is that yours? I love the Liatris and had one but it didn't bloom long and only lived about 2 years. It was either our weather or something grew over it and smothered it. (You gotta be a quick grower in my bed)
That is a nice big bloom on that BBush. I had a white bush that had long pointed blooms that were 12 inches long! My Honeycomb BB has been covered in Question Marks this year. It must produce more nectar than my purple ones too.
Did anyone mention Coneflowers? They might be my favorite flower. My Hackberry and Painted Ladies love them.
The neighbor's privet was a bf magnet in May this year. I got loads of pictures of Admirals, Emperors, Question Marks, and several types of Hairstreaks including this one. The Great Purple Hairstreak.
Does the tiger swallowtail have a bit of blue in the lower part of the wings, above the swallowtail? I can't tell if it does from the photo above, but I'm almost positive this is the one that spent a loooong time supping from my pentas this morning. It was big, with a wingspan of at least 4", maybe 5".
Red Admiral on Ageratum.
Suzy
and 2 Red Admirals on Calendula. I was going for the 'Assemblage of Admirals' look, but I only had 2. LOL!
Suzy
Suzy, your flowers are wonderful! Love it when I get your seeds in swaps! So that's Calendula. I was wandering what it looked like. Is the common name pot marigold that likes moist soil? Looks like the butterflies love it. The Calendula and the Admirals are on my wish list. LOL
Yes, it's pot marigold in England, but I didn't know it wanted moist soil. ooops! LOL.
If you look at the 2 photos above, you'll see 2 different kinds of Calendula. One is dark centered (no butterflies like it) and one is daisy-ish (that's the butterfly one) I wouldn't call either a huge magnet, but they are used.
I'm planning on harvesting both, so remind me that you want the daisy one later in the season.
Suzy
Ok thanks!
I just looked it up - the one you want (from me, that I grow, I mean) is 'Radio'.
I think Calendula officinalis, the species, would be a better bet, but I don't know that as fact. I might give it a try next year to see what the flowers look like and if the BFs like it any better. I have a feeling it is a big green plant with not very big flowers on it.
Suzy
I'm trying to encircle my pond with yellow, orange, and red flowers that hummers and especially butterflies like to use as nectar plants. Every flower folks post on this forum, I'm looking it up to see if grows well in my area, what butterflies it might attract in GA and, where I can buy the plant or seeds. The Calendula and the portweed are two that are on the top of my list.
Hi biv! The female has more blue, here's a pic on one.
http://kolya.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/pict0051.jpg
Suz, the Calendulas are so pretty, unfortunately they are a winter annual here, they can't handle the heat it seems.
Paige, great plants you have, I think I need some frogfruit...what a funny name.
Sheila, that Great Purple is so cute, love the little Hairstreaks.
Thanks, Fly. Yep, that's what spent about 10 minutes with the pentas this morning. Then it rested in the shade on an elephant ear. I was hoping it would visit my butterfly basin, but it flew right over it. That was the largest butterfly I've ever seen and a real beauty.
My white and lilac golden dewdrops today attracted a bright orange butterfly I've never seen before.
Fly Girl,
LOL! Yes, I know on the heat, but they bloom while the Zinnias are getting ready. At least you've heard of Calendulas -- I've never heard of 90% of the plants you southern folks mention. Frogfruit? LOL. I swear I have never heard of it before, much less seen it, much LESS grown it! (And there is a whole passel of these -- Clerodendrum, Mexican Flame Vine, well the list is nearly endless.)
Suzy
Suzy, I'm a newbie gardener, so almost everything I read on this site is "news" for me. And I am learning so much. Isn't it fun? :-)
Carla
Deborah, Carla, and others - Do NOT buy seeds!!! Many of us NOW have or will have seeds in the Fall. Since postage has gone up considerably, I'd much rather send a Bubble envelope out with a number of seed packs rather than just one or two. Makes it more worthwhile to mail. :-) The last few 6 X 9 bubble envies I sent out were $1.13. You can get a seed pack from Wally World for that much. But I have found that folks here are very generous with their seeds! I get far more in most packs from traders on DG than I ever get in a commercial seed pack. :-)
Also keep in mind that what grows good here in the south, might be an annual or very short lived in the north. Many plants don't have time to set seeds up north before the cold weather hits, so you might need seeds every year to replace plants that died in the Fall/Winter.
Start making your lists now! :-)
Making my list....checking it twice... How nice! I'm havesting spent blooms right now too. Course, what began as cultivar named plants will now be the genus, species and open pollenated cause the bees have been going to town on my stuff.
Mine are all open pollinated too! Not to worry. If the bees and butterflies like em, then I am sure the seeds will produce good nectar and host plants! :-)
Deborah and Carla - D-mail me with your seed wish lists. I might have some seeds I can send you both NOW. :-)
Hi all- new to the list. I've found one the benefits of being too lazy to get all the figs off the bushes/trees is that so many critters love the rotting fruit.
Beautiful butterfly! I looked on Debnes' website and that butterfly looks just like one of hers. 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax. Do you know if that's what it is?
Rotting figs on the ground serves a purpose, doesn't it? Nothing really goes to waste in nature.
Becky, you've got d-mail!
Wow! I'm making a mental note to find some rotted fruit -- great shot, and a pretty butterfly!
Suzy
Oops, I'm sorry, I should have posted what it was. You are correct, it's a Red-spotted Purple Admiral. I was reading again in one of the books that they like "mud, rotting fruit and and animal dung." Since I have a lot of animals, live on a marsh and have already admitted to being a lazy gardener, you'd think I'd be over run with them. ;*>
Jenny
Beautiful photo, Jenny! Sounds like the perfect location where you live for lots of winged visitors!!! Welcome to the forum!!! :-)
Incredible shot Jenny! You sound like my kind of Gardener! Enjoy this forum...it's the best!
Adrienne
Ohh Jenny, we're jealous! Love that RSP!