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Will add, if you're buying from a nursery, make sure the grower they source from use neonicotinoids free soil. I've been visited by so so many different butter
by kshahkshah 4y ago
Will add, if you're buying from a nursery, make sure the grower they source from use neonicotinoids free soil.
I've been visited by so so many different butterflies this year. I'm in Zone 6B, central NJ. I planted asclepias tuberosa (mexican milkweed, orange flowers, medium height), lots of agastache, eupatorium (little joe pyeweed), and monarda. Highly recommend doing some research on natives.
- pamelafox 4y agoAh yes, good point, apparently some of the local nurseries have sprayed their milkweeds with some sort of pesticide, which means you have to keep caterpillars off them for a year. If you go to a nursery that specializes in natives, that's usually not an issue. In bay area, my favorite nurseries are Watershed and Oaktown Native, and they don't spray. We've actually had a ton of swallowtails this year, which I'll admit are all over my non-native dill. I intend to plant Yampah one of these days, since that's the native version of dill.
- quercusa 4y agoDarn rabbits got my tuberosa. If you don't have Mountain Mint[0] (Pycnanthemum muticum) it drives all the non-butterfly pollinators nuts. I'm hoping to find some Winged Sumac[1] as it's also a big draw. [0] https://njaes.rutgers.edu/plant-of-the-month/pycnanthemum.php https://njaes.rutgers.edu/plant-of-the-month/pycnanthemum.ph... [1] https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RHCO https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RHCO
- kshahkshah 4y agoI didn't know about mountain mint, this is a fabulous recommendation. Thank you!