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Category: flower gardening | Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:12 pm

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Butterflies in My Garden


One plant I really love is regular old-fashioned Milkweed...it can grow up to 7 feet tall or more in my garden! And I love it's big dusky rose colored pom poms that smell like honey...mmmmm. And all the bumble bees and honey bees go absolutely NUTS over it.
A few day ago I was like, sigh, how come I never get any butterflies in my garden...I work so hard and not a single butterfly...whine, whine, whine...yada, yada, yada....And then the very next day I saw a monarch butterfly all over that Milkweed! YES!
And today I was whining to my dad about how I was not going to get any caterpillars because all the ants would eat them first...and low and behold-I saw TWO baby monarch caterpillars!!! YES!
I realize that two does not bode well against legions of predators...but I feel very happy none-the-less!
I even saw a hummingbird buzz by to check out my first time in bloom Trumpet Vine...only took 5 years...but hey...gardening is an exercise in patience and hard work!
I can thank both my parents for leading me to the joys of gardening and bird watching. I'm sure I thought they were crazy when I was a kid, but now I totally get it....



Milkweed ( photo / image / picture from GartenGrl's Garden )






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gardengater wrote on Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:49 pm:

Good for you. You have perseverance and sometimes that's all it takes. Like your Milkweed.

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eileen wrote on Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:38 pm:

Congratulations on getting your butterfly and caterpillars!! I'm glad your trumpet vine bloomed and that it's attracting hummingbirds to your garden. Well done!!

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Jewell2009 wrote on Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:16 pm:

Keep a look-out. I'm sure more of the fauna will be coming to your yard :)

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GartenGrl wrote on Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:55 pm:

Thanks for the comments everyone...it looks like the ants did get the caterpillars, though. Since the ants are in my house now...
I think it's time to turn my focus on the ants...

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