Caterpillar Host Plants Aquatic Milkweed (Asclepias perennis) Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Nectar Plants for Adult Butterflies Texas Lantana (Lanatana urticoides x horrida) Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) Prairie Verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Painted Coreopsis (Coreopsis … [Read more...] about Eric’s extras: The best native garden plants for Monarch butterflies in West U, Bellaire gardens
Monarch butterflies
Wired to Nature: Mysteries and marvels of Monarchs — a timely look
By Eric Duran When I think of a butterfly, it is the Monarch that I imagine. I suspect that for many of us who grew up in the U.S., it may be the first butterfly we remember seeing as children or the first butterfly whose name we learned. My earliest memory of butterflies is watching Monarchs flutter around my mother’s garden, feeding on honeysuckle. Texans have such a strong … [Read more...] about Wired to Nature: Mysteries and marvels of Monarchs — a timely look