Oh and I forgot to add, if you haven't been to Butterfly World at Tradewinds park you should run there. That's where I get most of my plants, I started with 3 hosts and 4 nectars and it's exploded into something crazy. My stepdaughter came up with my user name and it identifies my perfectly, leave it to teenagers. Anyway you should defintely try Butterfly World, The prices are not bad at all and they're plants are extremely worth it. When I started my garden only 3 months ago, I thought it would take forever to see a butterfly and about 2 weeks into it I had more than I had ever seen in my backyard. At least 5 different speices so far and more cats that I can handle. So try there if you have'nt already, also Metro Gardens is interesting. Which nursery in Davie do you go to I live so close to the area I loved to try it. Dana

Thanks BenBirding..as it happens we have violets that seed themselves all over the place here, so I will make sure hubby doesn't attack them with the weedwhacker as he is wont to do :-) Susanlynne48..thanks for your list. I am hoping to include as many native plants as I can, so Spring Beauty is a good one. One thing though..I think Phlox drummundii is native to Texas and that area of the US, so wouldn't have the ecologic benefit as plants native to New England. But..it is a good butterfly plant so I'll include it in my list!! Phlox drummundii is an annual in my region so it needs to be started indoors now to get blooms in summer. Is Serviceberry (Amelanchier) a good butterfly plant? I have several of them growing and they grow lots of berries, so I know there are insects polllinating them..do butterflies use them? Ellen

The dill will make it until it starts turning hot (90 or so), and then it will probably start pooping out. But, save some seeds when it bolts and plant some more about August. The zizias are supposed to be more heat tolerant for the BSTs, as well as Rue (which also attracts the GSTs), fennel (it really attracts the wasps when it flowers, though), parsley (it doesn't like it too hot either because mine stays evergreen in winter), angelica, Queen Anne's Lace, lovage, etc. Check out the apiaceae family, and you'll find lots of things that may attract the BSTs. My milkweed plants are all up that I winter sowed! YIPPEE! Won't be long before I can plant them. Susan

I don't have any cedars on my property any more but there are some in the undeveloped 10 acres that is close by! I see Gray Hairstreaks very often but have only seen 1 or 2 Great Purple Hairstreaks over the past several years! I saw a female this year but didn't have my camera with me. I leave the mistletoe on my cedar elm trees just in case! I have also seen a couple of Dusky-Blue Groundstreaks (Calycopis isobeon)over the past several years. They are all so tiny...they are so easy to miss!!! Blues are also very rare for me...I've only seen a Ceranus Blue last year for the first time! At first...I was thinking this was a copper of some sort that had gotten lost! Thanks, Lila