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Hudson Valley NY (zone 5)
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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Comments (9)Linda, I completely agree. While I would love to share with her since I'm in CT, my tiny backyard really precludes the planting of most host plants, so I always concentrate on nectar plants which draw the greatest number of butterflies. Do you think she would be interested in the Connecticut Butterfly Association Garden at Lighthouse Point in New Haven, CT? I just got my newletter with a write-up about how successful it was last summer.( I have yet to get there, but hope to volunteer there this year.) Or is she only interested in backyard-type garden? Maryann...See MoreNo. VA new butterfly garden -- no butterflies!
Comments (6)Oh my! I recognize the word debris! My husband and I talked after Katrina about how we never used that word except after a hurricane! And when I think of hurricanes, the first thing that comes to mind is the endless sound of chain saws. I'll never forget Hurricane Elena, when we still lived in Gulfport. Somebody in our neighborhood already had his chain saw going before the storm was even over! My neighbor here gave me a funny look when she saw how much things had "grown up" at my house. I'm not going to give up on trees, no matter how many hurricanes go through here. Who would want to live in a treeless world? Sherry...See MoreButterflies in the Hosta/Shade Garden
Comments (7)Excellent shots of Tiger Swallowtail. I have only seen 2 butterflies this year (Red spotted Purples) . We had excessive rain and we did not get our vegetable garden in this year. Really reduced the butterfly population in my yard. I volunteer at a nearby botanical garden butterfly house and this is one of the best years they've had. The other day I released 12 Zebra Swallowtails. Somewhat rare in Ohio because the Paw Paw tree is not plentiful here. After working a shift there my BP is so low it's almost shocking. :)...See MoreButterfly Garden Memorial help
Comments (16)You're giving an awful lot of space to hydrangea trees that aren't that special for butterflies, IMHO. I'm going to suggest either serviceberry, red buckeye, (gorgeous we get all kinds of compliments on them on our campus), fringe tree or maybe a fancy willow, or birch. Ya gotta feed the caterpillars if you want the butterflies! Spirea, well ok, mostly pft. I'd sub clethera, maybe ruby spice to go with the buckeye . . . For fall blooming, I grew a yellow perennial plant called "sneezeweed" and it was LOADED with butterflies. It does NO make you sneeze by any means at all. I think that is why it is not planted, it is a great plant. Looks like nothing until fall though, that's another downside. I planted it in with yellow black eyes susans and some type of perennial sunflower, which do look good in the summer, or aforementioned coneflowers. I planted mountain mint, not showy but LOVED by butterflies in our buttefly garden. It's a wild plant though, needs maintenance to keep tidy. Also yes, any of the milkweeds. If you want to stick with a red flower theme, there are some sedums with red flowers that bloom in the fall that also attract late summer butterflies, like "Autumn Joy" sedum, very tidy easy to maintain . . . Oh, that reminds me, I also grew some kind of red coreopsis that also attracted butterflies. I can't remember the variety, it was tall . . . but there are very many colorful varieties of coreopsis, always a butterfly fave. Ms. Kim, and nice small lilac, attracts early butterflies. Oak leaf hydrangea, another native. Pushing it in your zone but I grow it on the edge of zone 5b. Not sure about its butterfly attractiveness, it's just straight up attractive . . ....See MoreHudson Valley NY (zone 5)
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