Butterfly bush.. visitors etc

[hardyjim]

I really love the flowers on these B-bushes...
they seem to glow whether in shade or sun.

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East to west

This A.Konjac is almost 6' across - yardstick on top

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T.Mart

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New Zealand Castor..awesome purplish color.

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T.Tesan

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Check out the yardstick on the tallest Castor's leaf,the leaf stems are almost 3' the leaf is
3'+


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Thai giant leaf in there...look at the yardstick again,this thing is maybe 9' across.
You can also see what looks like a flower sheath coming up(in the last picture)...more on this tomorrow.

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Look how tiny that yardstick looks,
thats the smaller leaf too-LOL


Flower sheath in the middle?


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[canadianplant]

Well, now I know where all the butterflies are this year.......

You might wanna extra protect that ampho. Looks like its going to flower next year!

[hardyjim]

Yea,I plan on protecting them better...didn't lose a single one over winter though...
the flower is a different story though.

[miketropic]

I have th same B bush but muuuch smaller and havn't had a single butterfly on it all year.palms looking nice.. your casotr beans really interest me. the ones I have seen with leaves that large always have a blueish type stem and a yellow vein on the leaf, yours is red, red vein? maybe it was crossed up at some point.

[lucky1]

Fabulous photography Jim.
Matches your plants!

That second from top photo, is that a "hummingbird moth"?
Only heard that name recently but hadn't seen one.

my butterfly bush is almost finished blooming in that incredible heat of the last 2 months.

Have never seen so many palms looking so healthy as yours Jim.

Your first floor is disappearing

Barb