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Hi, I have moved to Fresno CA and would love any suggestions for plants to use in this area to attrach butterflies. Thanks. Robin...
Hi Robin and all, Try to get some California pipevine plants (Aristolochia californica). In your area you may be close to the southern limits of where the Ca...
Hi Ginger: Last year, I saw a mourning cloak on March 10th; it was 56 degrees and the sun was warming the soil. The cloak was puddling in the mud. Its wings...
My supplier of monarch eggs will not be able to fill our order for the 2005 season due to personal reasons at home. We have been supplying area schools with...
Louise, Sorry it took so long to reply, but I have not been on line for a while. The Mourning Cloak does overwinter as an adult and flies on nice, sunny days...
Hi Louise, Ginger and all, Speaking of Mourning Cloaks (Nymphalis antiopa)... I have been wanting to rear some for some years now. Well, I have more than I can...
... Spring? Well, I hoped it was here last week - temps near the 70s. We had snow yesterday LOL I'm glad that I resisted the urge to plant stuff now! Melany...
Richard, Sounds like your area is off to a good start this year. I hope for a good year here since last year was a bust for butterflies. Cold weather is...
Rich, You make me jealous to be down there right now! We will warm up sooner or later. Our snowfall is about average this year, but most of it came in small...
Melany and all, Here, it almost felt like summer, today... in the mid 70's. I can't wait 'til all of you start to get some activity going out there. Richard...
Hello, My name is Kathie and I am a 38 year old stay at home mommy to 6. Now that it is getting warm outside and my yard looks like a tornado hit it from the...
Hi Kathie, My name is Robin and I live in Fresno CA, so we know hot also. In my pots I have started using the Miracle Grow Moisture Control for potting mix....
Hi Kathie Maybe prairie flowers would grow well there. They tend to be hardy, perennial and can handle being left alone. Purple cone flowers can handle shade,...
I lived in California for a number of years. There are numerous plants that do extremely well in that dry climate. First of all, you can define planting...
Hi Kathie, You have your hands full already with that big family! I second the recommendation that you make your life easier, and help to save California plant...
Hi Kathie and all, What a great opportunity you have to plant 'natives'. Grass is not a desert scene. You can plant native desert plants for the butterflies ...
Regarding California Kathy's dry clime query... I know it may not be the best butterfly plant, but I will never get over how much I love PORTULACA! While I...
... opinions? Hi Rich, I'm not sure I like it either - everything is backwards. The "next" link takes you BACK, and Previous, takes you forward! Yahoo didn't...
Hi Melany and all, If you get a chance, while in San Diego Co., try to make it to Anza- Borrego desert. The wildflowers are spactacular after record rainfall. ...
Richard I can picture this and it sounds beautiful. Painted Ladys are a favorite. How could I learn more about it? ds Richard <richpipe@...> wrote: Hi...
Hi harleyblue and all, What specifically did you want to learn more about the Painted Ladies? Today, on a nature walk with the kids, we came across lots of ...
Martha! thanks for the great ideas! I will do the search on the butterfly gardening too. ~Kathie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Donna, thanks for the email. I am hearing such new names for flowers and cant wait to see what they all look like. My two youngest girls love butterflies and...
Robin, I will have to write that down and get some. I hate having to water so much. I need to find some kind of a watering system since my lawn water ...
All, Had a Cabbage White butterfly laying eggs on Lunaria (Money Plant) today in the garden. Temps were in the high 70s and sunny. I collected some eggs. ...
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