Butterfly Garden in Castroville, Texas
includes salvia and lantana (Lantana camara)
A mix of native and hardy cultivars will bloom all summer
Though mostly for butterflies, this colorful character was found among the foliage of our native Texas lantana.
I have another species Lantana montevidensis growing on a slope near the street.
A fast flying Mourning Cloak enjoys a yellow variety across the street.
As does this Giant Swallowtail.
I wish I could grow more of the native Lantana camara, but I have so much shade.
Thanks for visiting. May wildflowers be in your summer forecast.
I'm all caught up on your blog ... didn't realize you just started blogging in July! It's great to have another Houston area blogger. I've been looking for your Weed ID link but I'm not seeing it. ???
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting. I love garden blogging and
you're one of my inspirations. (You're on my favorites blog list at all times)
Re the weed ID: I set it up that if you click on the picture of the weed book, it takes you to the website. It works most of the time.
Try this as well:
The two villains have many aliases, but for the record, their official names are:
Phyllanthus urinaria & Phyllanthus tenellus
The mean one is the urinaria. P. tenellus is about 1/10 as bad.
David :-)
Ooops,
ReplyDeleteIt left off the link. I'll try again:
http://ppwsipm.contentsrvr.net/weeds_container_nurseries.php
Welcome to WW...it's so much fun to share wildflowers with the blogasphere! I didn't know lantana was a TX native! Wowzer...I love blogging! gail
ReplyDeleteNice blog and thanks for stopping by my. I like the idea of wildflower day
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