Re: bees and butterflies
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: bees and butterflies
- From: v* a*
- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 18:20:15 PST
We had New England asters that were just covered with butterflies. I
got the seed from Wildseed Farms and raised the plants. The plants grow
taller than some people might want. They grow about 4 foot tall. But
the butterflies hung just thick on them.
Velma from Minnesota zone 4
>
>Dear Jaime and all, I'd be interested to know what you plant in you
>perennial garden to attract butterflies. I'm on a very steep slope and
am
>planting for birds and butterflies. I've got a great group of birds
coming
>but I just can't get enough butterflies. I have Buddleia, Verbena,
several
>Composits, Lantana, Centranthus, Statice, an orange Asclepiad and lots
of
>Scabiosa. But I'd love to hear what else to use. I've just added
Achillea and
>I'm trying to find a Queen Anne's Lace that will tolerate my drought.
I'd
>appreciate any other advice
>
> My herb/butterfly garden is
>so heavily laden with bees that my sister & others that are
>allergic can't walk through it. There are bees elsewhere, but
>they are also on extremely desireable (to bees) plants like
>monarda & buddleia.
>
>If you'd care to post a list of what she has planted around the
>pool, I'm sure the heavy bee-attractors can be readily
>identified.
>
>regards,
>jaime, who is scooting guiltily back to work
>
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