Sonset Lantana
MissSherry
12 years ago
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We've had discussions about various nectar plants on many threads, and recently we discussed Sonset lantana. As I recall, I said that Sonset lantana was my favorite nectar plant, because it's SO easy to grow. Well, it's blooming in profusion now, and, even though I've got lots of other sources of nectar in my garden, including a blooming butterfly bush (Ellen's Blue) and zinnias, the butterflies are flocking to the lantana and ignoring the others -
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I'm pleasantly surprised at how much my relatively new salvia 'Hot Lips' is drawing in the sulphurs - it's also being used by hummingbirds. I haven't been able to get a picture of the sulphurs - they move too quick. Hot Lips is growing bigger, really thriving!
Also, a sleepy orange has been laying eggs on my new 'Buttered Popcorn' cassia as well as the Christmas cassia. I'm going to do everything I can to protect 'Buttered Popcorn's' tropical roots this winter in hopes that it may return next spring.
Sherry
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