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Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Top Nectar Plants for Butterflies
These are mine, what are yours? Echinacea (even the cultivars) Dalea candida and D. purpurea Liatris spicata Diervilla lonicera Sassafras albidum Asclepias spp. Vernonia gigantea and V. missurica Solidago spp. Clethra anlifolia Allium cernuum and A. tricoccum Lindera benzoin Rosa palustris, R. blanda. R. setigera, and R. carolina Lupinus perennis Cephalanthus occidentalis Phlox paniculata and P. maculata Rudbeckia spp. Monarda spp. Asimina spp. Salvia azurea Mimulus ringens Chelone spp. Aristolochia tomentosa and A. serpentaria Salix spp. (native willows) We set out a tray of snap dragons on our patio every year and those seem to be well visited. Would love to get my hands on Phlox glaberrima and P. divaricata for butterflies |
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Big Fat juicy WORM
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Virginia, USA
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OMG!! I recognize some of the Latin names!! Dancing around, woohoo!!! I actually grow some of those, in my tiny perennial garden.....LOL
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#3 |
Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Wonderful! Positively wonderful! I can not wait to get our little cyber hands on that tiny little perennial garden of yours in hopes you become addicted to planting even more natives.
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Big Fat juicy WORM
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Virginia, USA
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Hmmmmmm, I gotta tiller and I know how to use it, so be careful....LOL We just won't mention this to DH just now.......ROFLMAO :eek:
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#5 |
Fox
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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These are the top butterfly choices in my garden:
Prairie Ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius; w/ a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Bee Balm - Monarda fistulosa; w/ a Great Spangled Fritillary Meadow Blazing Star - Liatris ligulistylis; w/ a Monarch Button Blazing Star - Liatris aspera; w/ a Leonard's Skipper Joe Pye Weed - Eupatorium maculatum; w/ a Viceroy |
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Carbon
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Hendersonville, NC, USA
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Silene virginica is a big draw around here for the butterflies, not to mention the hummers - who will continue to work away on its flowers as I walk right by the plant. Phox divaricata is also loved; and Lorax, you can get it at Lazy S's, maybe Bluestone as well. Have quite a few of the other plants listed here, and they're also well received here.
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Big Fat juicy WORM
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Virginia, USA
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I have a small growth of Kniphofia uvaria that I got from a web friend which is doing quite well and draws them in. Creating an area for a butterfly/hummer garden is high on the to do list for this year.
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Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Your pictures are beautiful, NEWisc.
Thanks transplant, I will most certainly check them out. I have wanted a few of those for a while. I think I would like to start with three. I had to look up the Kniphofia uvaria. That is a Torch Lily, am I correct? |
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WG Guardian Spirit
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The South
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Through no fault of my own (ie: still growing wild around here) I have: Eupatorium maculatum Sassafras albidum Rosa carolina Phlox sp. (dunno which specific name -- the long-stemmed one) That I recognize, both Latin name and flower. Probably have others, too. We have tons of butterflies in the summer. Oh, there's a native passiflora that some of them love, too. They don't object to apple, peach, and wild strawberry flowers, either. |
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WG Staff
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Echinacea - Coneflowers
Dalea candida and D. purpurea - Native Clovers Liatris spicata - Gayfeather Diervilla lonicera - Native Bush Honeysuckle Sassafras albidum - Sassafras Tree Asclepias spp. - Milkweed Vernonia gigantea and V. missurica - Ironweed Solidago spp. - Goldenrods Clethra anlifolia - Summersweet Allium cernuum and A. tricoccum - Nodding Wild Onion and Ramps Lindera benzoin - Spicebush Rosa palustris, R. blanda. R. setigera, and R. carolina - Native roses Lupinus perennis - Wild Lupine Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush Phlox paniculata and P. maculata - Wild Phlox Rudbeckia spp. - Black-eyed and Brown-eyed Susans Monarda spp. - Bergamot or Bee Balm Asimina spp. - Pawpaw Tree Salvia azurea - Azure Blue Sage Mimulus ringens - Monkeyflower Chelone spp. - Turtlehead Aristolochia tomentosa and A. serpentaria - Dutchman's Pipe Salix spp. - native willows |
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