re:butterflies
- Subject: re:butterflies
- From: N* S*
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 07:46:44 -0800
> Alan mentioned attracting butterflies to the garden, and I don't
>know if this will work in Arizona or not, but in Illinois the Monarchs are
>crazy about the bloodflower milkweed. In principle, it's an annual asclepias
>with a single very tall stem and very orange flowers with some yellow in the
>center. They bloom late here in zone 5b, in the late fall and past the
>first few light frosts.
These are perennial in my San Diego area garden and I suspect they
would be in parts of Arizona as well.
Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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