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NellJean's Bulbs and Butterfly garden

Garden Type: Butterfly | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Sand I'm Organic!

Geophytes are my favorite plant form — any bulb, rhizome, tuber that will grow in my climate.

Butterflies are my favorite visitors. I plant nectar plants, attempting to have something blooming that butterflies find attractive throughout the year. Winter is a real challenge. In December, warm days bring out occasional Gulf Frits, Cloudless Sulphurs, Dogface Butterflies and tiny checkspots and skippers which seek out lantana montevidensis under shelter of live oaks and pines, or find their way through the open greenhouse doors.

Bulbs are not commonly thought of as butterfly plants, but butterflies frequently nectar on hyacinths, lilies, and crocosmia, to name a few.

bulb butterfly

Plantings

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Daffodil 'Ice Follies'

Narcissus

Established on 11 Jan 09
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Daffodil 'Sweetness'

Narcissus

Established on 11 Jan 09
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Daffodil 'Sailboat

Narcissus

Established on 11 Jan 09
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Daffodil 'February Gold'

Narcissus

Established on 11 Jan 09
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Pentas

Pentas lanceolata

Sown on 08 Jan 09 Cuttings taken in early fall to hold over.
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Porterweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Established on 05 Oct 08 Porterweed is a favorite with summer butterflie...
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Hyacinths

Hyacinthus orientalis

Established on 06 Dec 07 Not commonly considered as butterfly nectar pla...
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