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| I winter sowed these last year but they didn't bloom. This year they're all blooming. I wish I could remember the name of the one I saved seeds from. It might have been Honeysong Purple.
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| What a beautiful color. The moth is a beauty too. |
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| Maybe I should give these another chance! Yours are beautiful. That is a great picture of the Buckeye. |
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- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 29, 10 at 9:04
| Thanks : ) I think I may need to deadhead them and see if they'll keep blooming. I like that they attract butterflies but I bet if my butterfly bush or zinnias were blooming, they would go to those instead. |
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- Posted by jaceysgranny 7aAR (My Page) on Mon, Jul 5, 10 at 17:57
| They are very pretty. I've never tried asters but I may now. |
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| I looked up that Buckeye butterfly which I thought looked like a moth. The cat of that is something I would squash. I will have to educate myself on this one. I plant milkweed and climbing milkweed considered a weed for the monarchs and let the cats eat fennel and dill, but I don't know about this butterfly. I don't see them here (Maybe because the cat looks like a pest to me). Did you plant something to attract it? |
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- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 15, 10 at 21:10
| I see lots of buckeye butterflies. They like my verbena bonariensis and sedum (when it starts blooming). Butterfliesandmoths.org says the hosts are: Our yard is weedy and we have lots of both broadleaf and narrowleaf plantain but so far, I've only found them on narrowleaf plantain. I'll link a photo with both kinds below. I bet they will look familiar. We have plantain in our hayfield too. I'm glad they like weeds. Makes me feel better about our less than perfect lawn. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Plants of the Plantain Family
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