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I worked at a science museum for four years. I mostly worked in the butterfly garden and raising caterpillars really rubbed off o I worked at a science museum for four years. I mostly worked in the butterfly garden and raising caterpillars really rubbed off on me. The Sphinx moths are my favorites and I try to raise them every year. I love the Carolina Sphinx known as the dreaded tobacco hornworm. But I welcome them in my tomatoes as I know they become beautiful hummingbird like pollinators. This year I have the Carolina Sphinx (let’s hope they aren’t parasatized), eastern black swallowtails and some unknown brow pillar that was also eating my tomatoes. This is how I raise them and this set up has always worked well for me. The music is Galerias, a traditional Inca piece. EDIT: There is a small error in the text. The drill bit I used was actually 3/8.
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) ‘White Ball’
Easy-to-grow butterfly bushes attract multitudes of butterflies all day long.
Not many plants are as prolific blooming, fun or versatile as the Buddleia or Butterfly Bush. Also called Summer Lilac, it is the one plant that can be found in almost every butterfly garden around the world as it is a virtual butterfly magnet, attracting more butterflies than just about any plant growing in temperate climates. The beautiful flower panicles that appear for several months emit a sweet honey fragrance that will be a favorite of every butterfly in your neighborhood. This week we are featuring ‘White Ball’, a new, super-compact, white-flowering Buddleia davidii variety that vastly increases the number of places you can grow a butterfly bush.
‘White Ball’ – A New Dwarf Butterfly Bush ideal for the smaller garden.
Buddleia ‘White Ball’ is a dwarf butterfly bush that can only be described as cute! The bright silver-grey foliage grows into a tight ball, only 3 feet tall and wide, half to one-third normal size. Spikes of white flowers surround ‘White Ball’ all summer – attracting butterflies for miles around. ‘White Ball’ is the longest, most prolific blooming butterfly plant we have seen. If you remove the faded blooms, ‘White Ball’ will blossom continuously from June right up to killing frost. With its silvery foliage and pure white fragrant blooms, this new hybrid is a particularly nice addition to the night-blooming moon garden. Usually relegated to the border background, now you can enjoy a handsome butterfly bush in the foreground of your garden.
Buddleias have a reputation for being easy to grow and ‘White Ball’ is no exception. Plant in a location where it will have full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it is surprisingly drought tolerant. Cut back the branch tips in the spring for a fuller bush and improved blooms. It does not require the severe annual pruning needed by other butterfly bushes. As with all Buddleias, ‘White Ball’ is never eaten by deer.
Planting and Care
For best results plant in early spring.
Prefers full sun.
Plant 4 feet apart in well-drained soil.
Cut back lightly every spring.
Water regularly until established.
Hardy in zones 5-9.
Fertilize with Plant-Tone in early spring.
Click here to view Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) ‘White Ball’ on the Carroll Gardens website.
Alan Summers, president of Carroll Gardens, Inc., has over 30 years experience in gardening and landscape design. He has made Carroll Gardens one of America’s preeminent nurseries, having introduced more than 20 new perennials and woody shrubs over the years and reintroduced numerous “lost” cultivars back to American gardeners.
Carroll Gardens publishes a weekly online newsletter written by Alan. It contains valuable gardening advice and tips and answers to customer questions. Click here to sign up for the Carroll Gardens weekly enewsletter.
Every Saturday, Alan hosts a call-in gardening forum on WCBM radio – 680 AM. For those outside of the WCBM listening area, they can listen to radio show via the internet.
Visit CarrollGardens.com to learn more.
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Question by therope: Where would be a good place on line to order dill seeds? I am planting a garden for butterfly host plants.?
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This is a great place to order those type of seeds:
http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/herbs/dill.html
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Yes, I also have raised white lined sphinx. I need to get more host plants for the species I like since I get a few different types of sphinxes.
So You Raise Eastern Black Swallow Tail And Carolina Sphinx
Oh that’s great. Glad my video helped out. Monarchs are very easy to raise. You might want to get a screen lid because they make hanging chrysalis and they stick to the top of the tank with silk threads.
I have just fond a monarch caterpillar yesterday and I did your strategy to puting it in her new home and she is great.( she sleeps a lot cause shes a baby)
Yep, I’ll keep on planting. :)
Oh no. Sorry to hear that. Well that’s why it’s important that you keep it up. You help feed a lot of important little critters. Don’t worry they’ll come once they find you have the plants.
I’m doing what I can. I’m in an area where there are a fair few farmers and the people here for the most part don’t seem to think about things like monarch butterflies. I said to my husband the other day that I thought our garden was an oasis in a very big desert. :(
That’s why it’s good people plant it in their yards. Yes do plant a nice patch of it and you’ll have lots of monarchs. In fact I just had some come out of crysalis in my backyard. They are totally wild but they stick around the yard and aren’t afraid. Weird. Now if only my moths would do that.
I’m in northwest Pennsylvania, and we do have monarchs here, but not so many. I think it is due to the fact that so much of our milkweed plants get mown down when the townships, etc. mow along the sides and the median areas of the roads. Very annoying that is. I am slowly growing various milkweed plants in my garden and I hope that eventually they’re be lots of them. It is always a big thrill when I see wild monarchs in the garden.
Thanks for stopping by. Wow you must be really far north then. I thought monarchs were everywhere. Let me know how this technique works for you. I’ve used it on monarchs and it works great. In fact if you have a screen lid for your tank they’ll form their crysalis on that.
That’s great; I always raise monarchs (I buy the caterpillars, monarchs are a bit rare here) and every morning I go out and collect new milkweed for them. I’ll definitely try your idea this year. Thanks.
Hehe, well I just happened to be on. I figured I’d subscribe since I like your videos and you post about frogs and birds too. I keep mine on my hard drive until I can edit them. So I’m rather behind on my updates.
wow, u r so quick!
will do.
and thx for subscribing.
YT update checker may not be working for my subscribers.
i make use of multi-uploader and keep vids in private for days to edit info etc before releasing to public.
Hi nice to see you again. I’m glad you liked this. I need to make another update since I have a new species. I love rasing moths. Most people raise Saturniidae I’ve noticed. I don’t really know anyone that raises Sphingidae so that’s why I’m trying to make information on it. I want to see your video so feel free to let me know on my page. Those guys are so neat!
hi, thx for announcing in my channel.
here i am!
sorry i am a bit late.
this is a very informative tutorial.
i wanna see more secret know-how!
keep posting.
i know the importance of the lid cuz i have drowned a few Saturniidae caterpillars in my careless settings before.
btw, i am gonna release a vid clip of japanese humming-bird hawkmoth (hovering, of course!) this weekend.
Aww thanks so much. Yeah metal and Andean music are my favorite styles.
That is lovely Des. 5 stars and faved it. Such wonderful music.
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Killer Budgies: hee, hee, hee; pretty credible when you know how a budgie can be the “li’l boss of the privy”… Thanks.
Thanks. That’s sweet.
I coudl have sworn I responded to this. Must be a Youtube glitch.
Thanks. When the larvas are really young they can last about a week. But once they get to their 3rd-5th instar (molt) you’re changing out the plants daily. Sometimes twice a day. They are eating machines. I’m glad my swallowtails finally pupated. I was almost out of parsley.
your talent is endless des,,regards!
That’s awesome! How long do the plants last? How often would you say you must add fresh ones, or is this all done in one cycle?
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Aww thank you. I’ll make an update after they turn into butterflies/moths and I let them go. BTW, don’t know if you’ll like it but I added a video to my faves called Killer Budgies. It’s about big 3D budgie art and the budgies are evil in it. hehe.
Amazing… Strange… Who would have thought? You open new worlds for us destroyahdes!
you can buy dill seeds in packets at your local garden center….
I would recommend buying them from a store nearby – the internet can be unreliable sometimes… You can get them from Berings or a garden supply center (Teas, Buchanan’s, Houston Garden Center, ect)
For Black Swallowtail butterflies (their host plant is the dill plant), you can also use carrot, fennel, parsley, or rue. Parsley can be bought at a nearby grocery store.
If you must buy them online, then try this site:
http://www.trueharvest.com/product_info.php/products_id/2892
or
http://www.nutsonline.com/seedsspices/dill-seed.html