Florida Butterfly Gardening, How To Make A Butterfly Garden
Butterbloom's Garden..................Page 6
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Learn to watch and wait. Some butterflies may only breeze by, never stopping to say "hello". |
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is the first "White Peacock" to visit my garden.
A Gulf Frittilary rests in the shade of some Firespike plants. Taking a picture of a Swallowtail is a challenge. A female Black Swallowtail finds this Bronze Fennel is just the right spot to lay her eggs.
Black Swallowtail Caterpillars are very colorful. You will have to look closely to find the eggs when you are looking
for them. These are Black Swallowtails eggs. Such a pretty bush is Duranta also known as "Golden Dewdrop" for it's gold little round berries that appear at certain times of the year. Many butterflies find this a good choice for nectar. BORN AGAIN
Beautiful butterfly, joyfully free
The image of the butterfly
The old me is gone
It didn't take long, an instant or so
The story is not over, the work incomplete |
Cosmos make a beautiful display in your garden and the butterflies like them too. This Clouded Sulphur finds the Pagoda Flower nectar suitably sweet. Pagoda Flower is so sweet, just look at it close up. It looks too yummy to resist! I'm use to viewing the Zebra Longwing with it's long beautiful wings open. But this fella was sitting so pretty with his wings folded up, I just had to takes it picture. These Monarchs are mating. They didn't even care if I was
taking their picture! You can get very close to them in this state as they have their minds elsewhere.
Must be that time of the year. These Skippers seem to find each other attractive. Asclepias Milkweed, this is the "Scarlet Milkeed" and I have found it is the most desirable of the Monarchs.
How blessed we are in my neighborhood in Orlando to have peacocks roaming freely. This beautiful peacock finds this lone branch just right for dangling his long gorgeous feathers off from it. Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea) Pictured below, is a beloved |