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Native plants for a school butterfly garden February 11, 2008 My son's school is having a beautification work day and one of the projects is a butterfly garden. Parents are being asked to donate plants, and we would like to suggest appropriate plants for this ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Native plants for butterfly garden in Waco, TX February 03, 2008 Few weeks ago I sent you a letter but never got an answer back. I would like to have your suggestions of native plants for a butterfly garden (30'x 30') here in Waco. The plants must be (1)drought ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Fall seeding of Butterfly Weed in Virginia July 20, 2007 Just ordered seeds from you - Butterfly Weed - and I plan to hopefully scatter the seeds early Oct. in an area along a tree line here in No. VA where the sun bakes the soil as it is exposed to hot wes... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Perennial plants for butterfly garden June 18, 2007 Hello, I live in Plano, TX and I am trying to create a backyard garden which will attract butterflies. I prefer bulbs and perennials so that I will not have to replant again and again like annuals. A... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Winter trim-back of plants in butterfly garden January 05, 2007 I had a wonderful butterfly garden this past spring, summer, and fall. This was its first year of planting. Should I trim the plants that have died back due to frost? I'm worried about destroying ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Native host plants for Painted Lady Butterfly June 01, 2006 I am looking for host plants for the Painted Lady Butterfly that I can plant in my school's (I am a teacher) native plant/butterfly garden. As part of the curriculum, each spring the 1st grade raises... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Non-native tropical Butterfly vine (Mascagnia macroptera) in Houston February 02, 2006 HOWDY . . . Miss Smarty Plants !!! I am trying to identify one of the most intriguing, unusual & beautiful vines that I have ever seen. I encountered this vine at the home of an 87 year old widow ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Locating milkweed to feed larvae of Monarch butterfly November 17, 2005 A monarch butterfly on her way south, stopped and laid her eggs on a tropical milkweed. The larvae have hatched and now I want to insure their survival, but I only had 1 plant which they have strippe... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Butterfly/hummingbird garden in Texas September 09, 2005 I am coordinating a butterfly/hummingbird garden on 100 acres that our religious organization has. We want to use native Texas plants as much as possible. Are these two types of gardens compatible an... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
Optimum pruning time for butterfly garden April 18, 2005 I am planting a butterfly garden that I would like to be pretty as well as beneficial for butterflies. If I am going to have both host plants and nectar plants in the garden and the butterflies will b... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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