Butterfly and Hummingbird plants
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Oh man, Miss S...those are tiny blossoms.
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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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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.
First picture is a Nicotania plant blooming away. Hopefully the hummingbird’s like it.
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Re: Butterfly and Hummingbird plants
Do you know if that is nicotiana mutabillis or Nicotiana x sanderae?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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Great job spotting those Monarch eggs. It's so much fun to watch them grow up.
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MissS, it is mutabilis. It is pretty easy to spot the eggs, surprisingly.
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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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Gulf fritillary on shrimp plant.
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Firebush (Hamelia patens)
This is a dwarf variety.
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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.
First black swallowtail caterpillar of the season! Found on my parsley, but moved to the dill, since I planted a bunch of that! by pepperhead212, on Flickr
Same caterpillar, on the dill. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
First black swallowtail caterpillar of the season! Found on my parsley, but moved to the dill, since I planted a bunch of that! by pepperhead212, on Flickr
Same caterpillar, on the dill. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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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.
This is right outside the back door of the house.
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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?
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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I'm not sure. I think they are the same plant.
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Yes they are the same plant. This plant has many different common names.
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Monarch on tropical milkweed.
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Saw this Cloudless Sulphur at a nursery today.
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Hi Donna, I don’t see the Clouded Sulphur...
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I was editing the post, lol.
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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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The Orange Skyscraper salvia is looking good.
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