tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237076004240752955.post4596897691227800276..comments2024-02-19T16:55:36.279-05:00Comments on The Roosting Hen: For the love of a Butterflyjaninehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08525096145564060515noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237076004240752955.post-64910164602545221022011-12-31T18:02:14.494-05:002011-12-31T18:02:14.494-05:00Thanks NanaK for stopping in and commenting!...I l...Thanks NanaK for stopping in and commenting!...I love following your garden blog...Hmmm swallowtails....when we first moved here there was a patch of native redroot nearby where a home now stands, the Swallowtails would sworm it when it was in bloom...I'm going to try and incorporate a boggy area somewhere for some...So parsley is a good tip to lure them in and then keep them!janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08525096145564060515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237076004240752955.post-81522205068817064572011-12-31T08:36:50.959-05:002011-12-31T08:36:50.959-05:00Hi Janine. Thanks for visiting (and commenting) o...Hi Janine. Thanks for visiting (and commenting) on my blog. I have enjoyed perusing yours. I'm always glad to find another Florida gardener. Those zebra longwing butterflies have been very scarce around my garden until just the last few months. In the past they were much more plentiful. Perhaps our recent back-to-back freezing winters cut down the numbers in our neck of the woods. <br /><br />Pentas are by far the best all season butterfly and hummingbird attractors in my garden. A spring/summer magnet is the simple and easily seeded zinnia. <br /><br />Parsley, another easily grown from seed, is a great host plant for the black swallowtail. Milkweed for the monarchs, any of the cassia plants for sulphurs, and of course passionvine for gulf fritillaries and those zebra longwings.<br /><br />Enjoy your gardening adventures and I will look forward to reading more about them now I know about the "Roosting Hen." (Love the name.)NanaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425496284594894548noreply@blogger.com