Butterfly Gardening. Companion planting for the "Trefoil Blue"
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 4:27 am
"Trefoil Blue
" or Common Blue butterfly's 1st Brood was from Mid-may, June & July
Knapweeds (Flowered June-Sept) United Kingdom native habitat species
Wild Thyme (Flowered June to Sept) United Kingdom native habitat species
In a bespoke garden design, consider English Lavender to Companion Plant with Bird's-foot trefoil (Primary Larval food plant of the "Trefoil Blue"). Lavender flowered from about June to August.
English Lavender (funnily enough) was Mediterranean Native originally, or developed from that. Best advice was to select plants that were originally native in the Mediterranean or not far removed in hybridising efforts, so that the selected plants gave maximum
reward for the insects that visited and didn't just look good in flower size, shape and colour, with little seed production.
Knapweeds (Flowered June-Sept) United Kingdom native habitat species
Wild Thyme (Flowered June to Sept) United Kingdom native habitat species
In a bespoke garden design, consider English Lavender to Companion Plant with Bird's-foot trefoil (Primary Larval food plant of the "Trefoil Blue"). Lavender flowered from about June to August.
English Lavender (funnily enough) was Mediterranean Native originally, or developed from that. Best advice was to select plants that were originally native in the Mediterranean or not far removed in hybridising efforts, so that the selected plants gave maximum
reward for the insects that visited and didn't just look good in flower size, shape and colour, with little seed production.
- 2nd Brood. August 8th 2020 Lavender planted next to Bird's-foot trefoil