SB has purchased 20 milkweed plants for the butterfly garden at the Berea Municipal Utilities building. We are hoping some of you will have plants to share because the space is large: 48 feet by 18 feet. The following list is from the University of Kentucky: Butterfly Nectar Preferences and Larval Food Plants Buckeye Butterfly Larval food plant:snapdragon Nectar: aster, milkweed chickory, coreopsis Great Swallowtail Larval food plant: citrus trees, prickly ash Nectar: lantana, Japanese honeysuckle, milkweed, lilac, goldenrod, azalea Great Spangled Fritillary Larval food plant: violet Nectar: ironweed, milkweed, black-eyed susan, verbena Monarch Larval food plant: milkweed Nectar: milkweed, butterfly bush, goldenrod, thistle, ironweed, mints Mourning Cloak Larval food plant: willow, elm, poplar, aspen, birch, hackberry Nectar: rotting fuit & sap, butterfly bush, milkweed, shasta daisy Painted Lady Larval food plant: daisy, hollyhock Nectar: goldenrod, aster, zinnia, butterfly bush, milkweed Red Admiral Larval food plant: nettle Nectar: rotting fruit and sap, daisy, aster, goldenrod, butterfly bush, milkweed Tiger Swallowtail Larval food plant: cherry, ash, birch, tulip tree, lilac Nectar: butterfly bush, milkweed, Japanese honeysuckle, phlox, lilac, ironweed Viceroy Larval food plant: willow, poplar, apple Nectar: rotting fruit, sap, aster, goldenrod, milkweed Please let us know if you would like to share any of these plants.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:43:39 +0000
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