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Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:14 pm

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There are lots of Gulf Fritillary caterpillars on a scraggly passion vine. The passion vine is hanging in there; a freeze will kill the foliage, but it comes back in the spring.
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Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:54 pm

The butterflies look great but those caterpillars, um, not so much! Kinda creepy.
Would a hard freeze also kill them? Will they make it into cocoons in time?

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Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:32 am

I had to look it up but a freeze will kill them. Right now they are in the hands of Mother Nature, whatever she decides to do.
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Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:17 pm

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Melanchroia chephise - White-tipped Black moths on the ligularias. Pretty little moths, delicate.
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Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:56 pm

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Some of my milkweed have monarch caterpillars on them. These may or may not be The Walking Dead. With a little luck they could make it.
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Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:40 am

I saw a Honeybells cuphea in a nursery yesterday and snagged it. They aren't that easy to find so I couldn't pass it up. It's too early for me to be fine tuning what I want to do with hummingbird, butterfly, and bee plants.
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Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:32 pm

Very pretty. I haven't seen that one up here, ever.

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Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:40 pm

I still have the Honeybells in its plastic nursery pot. It's too early to put out the salvias and cupheas that may be damaged in a rare freeze. I got it at the same nursery that had their tomato plants out. Way too early for that.
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Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:36 am

Saw my first male Ruby Throat on the spring migration 2 days ago. Immediately put out two feeders.

The birds are enjoying the various salvias and the Verrmillionaire cuphea. Also Bells of Fire esperanza.

And the Jasminium polyanthum....
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Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:55 am

Love the smell of jasmine
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Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:44 pm

I thought my passion vines were done for after the historic freeze in February, but they came back with a vengeance from the ground.

Today the first blooms opened. This is Passiflora "Inspiration." Passion vine is the host plant for the Gulf Fritillary butterfly.
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Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:57 pm

We have a passiflora in the garden too. Such an interesting flower head and the plant\vine is resilient to most things, even humans and sacatours. This year it is competing with some ground space with a black currant, I think it will be a draw or perhaps a judge's decision on the victor.
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Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:40 am

I planted this one as an experiment in the '90's thinking it wouldn't live through our winters but it surprised me and still lives on though not as strongly as at first, maybe because of less sunlight now. It produces hollow fruits. I don't see many insects visiting it and hummingbirds try it but never more than once. It has a faint scent like bees wax.
In its youth it was quite vigorous and I had it growing down over the carport that was open at the time. It cascaded like a waterfall and daughter informed me years later, it was useful for one of her friends to hide his red Barracuda from the police who were looking for it for speeding! :o Otherwise he was a very nice boy!

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Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:59 pm

I bought this as a small plant a few months ago and it was labeled simply " Red passion vine.". It grew and put on its first bloom today. What a stunner!
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Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:58 am

Passiflora's, I think God was testing out his spirograph when he designed them :-)
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Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:43 am

I think I started growing Lantana because the swallowtails like them. These two are now 3 yrs old, wintering over in the garage.

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Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:32 pm

These old time lily's are a bug magnet. But this year the hummers are really attracted. Have not yet gotten a picture but will continue to try.
Any tips on getting close without spooking the bird or is it easier to sit and wait?
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Tue Jul 27, 2021 4:18 pm

Sit and wait or hide in the shrubbery!
Great lilies and especially lovely with the butterfly.

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Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:32 pm

This cuphea was for sale at a plant nursery this morning in a gallon pot. The name of it is" Blackberry Sparkler." I didn't buy it. I'm not even sure a hummingbird would visit this. But if you are someone who likes novelty plants this is right up your alley.

The only color is at the very tip of the flower.
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Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:34 pm

@SpookyShoe, haven’t seen this one yet.
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