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Re: Butterfly and Hummingbird plants

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Tue May 19, 2020 8:52 am

Oh man, Miss S...those are tiny blossoms.
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Tue May 19, 2020 9:13 am

SpookyShoe wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 8:52 am Oh man, Mises...those are tiny blossoms.
Yes they are. I really don't think that we have the same plant sold as "Honeybells" at all. I have made friends with a garden center owner who likes hummingbirds and he gave me a different pink cuphea that has even smaller blooms. I will have to wait for the rain to stop for a day or two before I can get a pic because the rain has washed it's 'ears' away. In return for his gift, I gave him one of the Honeybells. It is the year of tiny micro cuphea's here. I will have frustrated birds... and I am wondering what the Japanese Beetles will think of them.
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Tue May 19, 2020 11:06 am

I’m collecting leaves of Common Milkweed that have Monarch eggs on them. Some have hatched. If I don’t collect them the wasp eat them. I raise them in my sunroom.

First picture is a Nicotania plant blooming away. Hopefully the hummingbird’s like it.
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Re: Butterfly and Hummingbird plants

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Tue May 19, 2020 3:22 pm

roper2008 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 11:06 am I’m collecting leaves of Common Milkweed that have Monarch eggs on them. Some have hatched. If I don’t collect them the wasp eat them. I raise them in my sunroom.

First picture is a Nicotania plant blooming away. Hopefully the hummingbird’s like it.

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Do you know if that is nicotiana mutabillis or Nicotiana x sanderae?

Great job spotting those Monarch eggs. It's so much fun to watch them grow up.
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Tue May 19, 2020 4:04 pm

MissS, it is mutabilis. It is pretty easy to spot the eggs, surprisingly.

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Tue May 19, 2020 10:31 pm

I do grow mutabilis. It is beautiful and the birds do use it on occasion. Not a top tier attractor but they will use it from time to time. It is just gorgeous at the back of the garden so I wouldn't care if the birds used it or not. Last year I had it mixed with salvia Van Houttei and it was just stunning. Everyone admired it.
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Wed May 27, 2020 9:25 am

Gulf fritillary on shrimp plant.
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Firebush (Hamelia patens)

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Sun May 31, 2020 10:29 am

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This is a dwarf variety.
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Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:36 pm

I found the first black swallowtail caterpillar out there today, on my parsley - not where I wanted it, so I moved it to one of the dills, which I planted for them! I have at least 15 dills; actually more, as there are 2 or 3 in most of the plantings.
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Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:59 am

Skyscraper Orange salvia, Mystic Spires salvia, Vermillionaire cuphea, Bat-faced cuphea in pot, and a hanging basket of Honeybells cuphea. Somewhere in there is blue Porterweed.

This is right outside the back door of the house.

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Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:13 pm

Looks like you're all ready for a hummingbird smorg. The buffet looks lovely.

I envy you your Honeybells. I bought two with that label that have turned out to be..... David Verity? So much more stretched out than vermillionaire. Oh well. Hummies don't care about labels. They like the flowers anyway.

Is the only difference between Tiny Mice cuphea and Bat Faced, the size of the plant? Bat faced being larger plant?

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Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:21 pm

I'm not sure. I think they are the same plant.
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Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:58 am

Yes they are the same plant. This plant has many different common names.
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Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:36 pm

Monarch on tropical milkweed.

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Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:42 am

Saw this Cloudless Sulphur at a nursery today.
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Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:46 am

Hi Donna, I don’t see the Clouded Sulphur...
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Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:47 am

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PlainJane wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:46 am Hi Donna, I don’t see the Clouded Sulphur...

I was editing the post, lol.
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Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:46 pm

Black swallowtail on pentas.

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The pentas and Gold Star Esperanza are getting a lot of activity this year on the hummingbird fall migration. I put pentas everywhere. The bird on the feeder was shot through the kitchen window.
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Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:45 am

The Orange Skyscraper salvia is looking good.

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