http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2010/02/20/updated-butterfly-garden/ Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:03:03 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2010/02/20/updated-butterfly-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-312 texdr Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:15:25 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=3448#comment-312 Like you I'm still checking, but I'm getting terribly impatient. I am so tired of dead or dead like looking plants that I'm just now starting to restock everything. If things come back, then the butterflies and hummingbirds will have even more variety than they've had before. If you choose to get just one nectar plant, I can't recommend a better plant than the cigar plant. Lots of nectar almost all year long and it does have a nice showy color. The longer tongued butterflies will even feed off them (swallowtails), whereas the Monarchs and Fritilaries will just compete for space on the hummingbird feeds for nectar. Like you I’m still checking, but I’m getting terribly impatient. I am so tired of dead or dead like looking plants that I’m just now starting to restock everything. If things come back, then the butterflies and hummingbirds will have even more variety than they’ve had before. If you choose to get just one nectar plant, I can’t recommend a better plant than the cigar plant. Lots of nectar almost all year long and it does have a nice showy color. The longer tongued butterflies will even feed off them (swallowtails), whereas the Monarchs and Fritilaries will just compete for space on the hummingbird feeds for nectar.

]]> http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2010/02/20/updated-butterfly-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-311 isaac Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:32:51 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=3448#comment-311 I checked the other day and at least some of my butterfly weeds have some green underneath way down at the base of the stem. No sprouts yet, though. My cupheas, however, have already broken dormancy (except the Mexican heather cuphea) as have my species lantanas. The cultivars are still questionable as to whether they survived the winter. I checked the other day and at least some of my butterfly weeds have some green underneath way down at the base of the stem. No sprouts yet, though. My cupheas, however, have already broken dormancy (except the Mexican heather cuphea) as have my species lantanas. The cultivars are still questionable as to whether they survived the winter.

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