Hamden leps

Karen McNulty kmcnulty at avon.lib.ct.us
Sat Jun 23 12:28:04 EDT 2001


I am seeking great gardening suggestions like this one. Bob Muller sent me
lots of seeds last year that have survived my black thumb.  Any other tips
for newcomers from the veterans would be greatly appreciated.



At 05:25 PM 6/22/01 -0400, Andrew Brand wrote:
>   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    
Karen L. McNulty
Children's Librarian
Avon Free Public Library
281 Country Club Rd.
Avon, CT  06001

President, 2001 - 2002
Connecticut Library Association

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kmcnulty at avon.lib.ct.us





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