Hamden leps

[Andrew Brand]

I have another great nectar plant for butterflies--- Itea virginica or Virginia Sweetspire. It is a 4-5' shrub that has white flowers in pendulous clusters. Today at work I had the following 14 species of butterflies on these plants:

Tiger Swallowtail (2), Banded Hairstreak (5), Hickory Hairstreak (2), Southern Hairstreak (1), Summer Azure (1), Great Spangled Fritillary (2), Eastern Comma (2), American Lady (3), Silver-spotted Skipper (6), Least Skipper (1), Peck's Skipper (1), Tawny-edged Skipper (1), Long Dash (2), Hobomok Skipper (1)

I highly recommend this plant.

Andy
  
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