New Hybrid Plant Cultivars with "Butterfly Names"
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:20 am
The Adonis Blue is a species of chalk downland, where it may be found in warm, sheltered spots. The male Adonis Blue has brilliantly-coloured blue wings that gives this butterfly its name.
Ref: UKbutterflies.co.uk
The primary larval food plant was Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) which it needed to complete it's life cycle.
Recently in a garden centre near me, I found a Buddleia "Adonis Blue". It might be a nice plant, but by any colour chart, I thought, it did not resemble the bright blue of the male butterfly and I also thought that the butterfly was not normally found nectaring on buddleia (garden butterfly bush) for habitat specific reasons (Chalk Downland), so I found the named cultivar connection, distasteful.
Ref: UKbutterflies.co.uk
The primary larval food plant was Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) which it needed to complete it's life cycle.
Recently in a garden centre near me, I found a Buddleia "Adonis Blue". It might be a nice plant, but by any colour chart, I thought, it did not resemble the bright blue of the male butterfly and I also thought that the butterfly was not normally found nectaring on buddleia (garden butterfly bush) for habitat specific reasons (Chalk Downland), so I found the named cultivar connection, distasteful.