As an add, the flowers are scented.Some say a little like Lily of the valley.

Saw the first one of the season today.in very good condition!.Odd small heaths and small whites.Ive seen these around the nursery while working.Which is nice!.. 8) .Still a bit slow here.The Buddleias in pots are starting to flower so it will be interesting to see what they attract this year. I deci...

Lantanas root so easily its hardly worth bothering with seeds.Stick cuttings in from now till the autumn while the weather is warm.If three - five cuttings are inserted in a small pot for the next couple of weeks and the potful is moved into a larger pot as soon as they are rooted there should be en...

A day and a half after the worst downpour in living memory and one of the main roads out of town(Crewkerne) is still closed!.A friend was coming to meet me with some exotic livestock the evening of the storm.I risked driving through the water to him on the other side of the flooded road and am glad ...

If anyone is breeding Monarchs this summer the foodplant i use is Asclepias curassavica.It is a tropical plant,easy from seed from now on started in a little heat.Chiltern seeds have it listed as A c Red butterfly ive grown this its much the same!.The larvae love it.Save some seed for next year.It i...

Lovely to see the extent of the plant cover.The flowers certainly show where it is!.

Sorry, not a butterfly but a pleasure to watch.First one ive seen this year.This must be an early sighting :?: .I dont usually see them till june.This one was attracted to Geum mrs Bradshaw flowering in pots on the nursery.It then zoomed off to briefly look at ivy leafed toad flax flowers before dis...

A single large white and a couple of small whites in the garden and a lone orange tip in the nursery was all i saw over the weekend. .Weather has been poor down here though.I live in Crewkerne (south somerset).Highlight for me is that the swifts are back.Always a pleasure.

I try and keep as many lantanas as i can in the large polytunnel that is used for the exotics in the summer.They absolutely love them!.We have taken specimen pots of mixed colours home and stood them on the patio from early june after there is no frost risk,it is a half hardy plant as has already be...

This is the book i wanted, the previous was in an offer with it.I am very pleased.This book will serve me for years.Its layout photographs and text are superb imo.i should be able to identify at least some of the larvae i come across this summer.and will hope fully be able to follow up and see some ...

By Ekkehard Friedrich.Part of a special offer from Amazon.At first glance this book seems excellent,it will certainly be helpful to me!. .

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After years of dial up i now have broadband. :shock: .This of course has revolutionised my internet experience and has helped me to find much more including this lovely site!.I have been interested in Butterflies since a very young age(i shall be 54 this year)though would class myself very much as a...

Or Buddleia Beijing as we call it.Has anyone grown this one?.A medium grower-not to vigorous in my experience.Lilac flowers that are produced late in the season.Even later with a few plants pruned just as the buds are breaking.A good nectar source for the late butterflies. Pete.