Butterfly Host Plants in my Zone 9a garden along the Texas Gulf Coast
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Including butterfly host plants was a game changer for me for the sheer increase of butterflies that were in my gardens. The more host plants you have, the more butterflies you will see. The host plants that butterflies regularly visit in my gardens and that I discuss in this video are below. I am also going to include the butterflies these host plants support:
Flame Acanthus - Texas Crescent butterfly
Passion Vines - Gulf Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary, Julia Heliconian, and Zebra Heliconian
Pipevines - Pipevine Swallowtail and Polydamas Swallowtail
Bronze Fennel - Eastern Black Swallowtail
Senna - Little Yellow, Orange-barred Sulphur, Cloudless Sulphur, and Sleepy Orange
Rue - Black Swallowtail and Giant Swallowtail
False Nettle - Red Admiral and Question Mark
Snapdragons - Common Buckeye
Milkweed - Monarch and Queen
Sassafras tree - Spicebush Swallowtail and Palamedes Swallowtail
Elm tree - Question mark and Mourning Cloak
Shrimp plant - Texas Crescent
In the spring of 2021 I wanted to start a butterfly garden. In these past two years I have learned a lot and enjoyed so many butterflies along the way. Join me in this video as I talk about the various host plants that are in my yard to attract butterflies. I garden along the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Zone 9a. If you haven't watched my video on what to think about if you are going to add a butterfly space to your gardens, I will put the link here: • Create a butterfly fri...
Always a joy to see your videos. I am learning so much. Thank you for posting. 😊 🦋
I'm so glad you like them - thank you! And thanks so much for watching! 😊🐛🦋🌺
Thank you for sharing your lovely plants…
You're welcome - and thank you for watching! 😊🐛🦋🌺
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Thank you so much! 😊🐛🦋🌺
I just found your site and I'm also on the Gulf Coast only further south in Aransas Pass. I have many of the plants you mentioned but also need some of the others. I just watched your video on Salvias. That is one of my favorite plants also. Thank you for so much information.
Hello fellow Texas Gulf Coaster! 😊 You probably see many of the same butterflies I see too. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos. Best wishes for your garden this year! 😊🐛🦋🌺
Just found your channel. I'm also zone 9a in Arizona. I started a butterfly garden a few months ago. So far I have several varieties of native milkweed, fennel and lots of different flowers so far. It's a work in progress as I knew nothing about gardening when I started. Major learning curve! Literally had a black thumb my entire life. Wanted to ask a couple things, I was wondering where you got your handy butterfly 🦋 guide? I'd love that. Also, I was a little surprised you have Tropical Milkweed considering the issues with it? Might be helpful to people if you touched on those before they buy it? Between OE and throwing off the Monarch migration patterns. Since we're in the states bordering Mexico where many of them winter, I think this is especially important, plus planting more native varieties. Thanks for the great content! Checking out your other videos now.
That is fantastic you started a butterfly garden! It was a work in progress for me too when I started mine. I ordered my butterfly guide off of Amazon. I searched for "Butterfly Guide Houston" in the Amazon app and selected a laminated pamphlet/guide. Some guides are by state, and others are by region. Yes, I still have a couple of tropical milkweed plants. There is a lot of controversy around them. We cut ours down regularly to mitigate the OE problems. One of our native milkweeds is aquatic milkweed, which is a year round plant for us (it doesn't die back). Houston also has a small population of monarch butterflies that are here year round. I agree with you that I think it is very important to plant native varieties. That is a good suggestion to talk about the issues with OE and tropical milkweed!