Buddleja davidii | Summer Lilac | OrangeEye Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii | Summer Lilac | OrangeEye Butterfly Bush
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This is Buddleja davidii, also known as Summer Lilac and Orange-eye Butterfly Bush. This plant must be planted in full sun and will bloom from late Spring to Early Summer. This shrub will attract all kinds of wildlife. Birds, bees, and butterflies just love the honey scented blooms. Hummingbirds especially love this nectar giving bush. It would be to much to name all of the butterflies that use this plant right here, but I will name a few. Some of the documented butterflies that use this plant as a nectar source are the Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Palamedes Swallowtail, Zebra Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Astyanax Red-spotted Purple, Funereal Duskywing, Red-spotted Purple, Rare Skipper, Monarch, and White Angled-Sulphur. A moth that has been spotted gathering nectar from this plant is the Snowberry Clearwing Moth. USDA Hardiness Zones 5 to 10a
Buddleja globosa | Orange Ball Tree
Buddleja globosa | Orange Ball Tree
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These seeds are from Buddleja globosa, also known as Orange Ball Buddleja, and Orange Ball Tree. This shrub likes to live in the full sun where it can get up to 15 feet tall and has fragrant orange balls as blossoms through the middle of the Summer. Some of the documented butterflies that use this plant as a nectar source are the Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Palamedes Swallowtail, Zebra Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Astyanax Red-spotted Purple, Funereal Duskywing, Red-spotted Purple, Rare Skipper, Monarch, and White Angled-Sulphur. USDA Hardiness Zones 7 to 11.
Butea monosperma | Flame of the Forest | Palash | Bastard Teak
Butea monosperma | Flame of the Forest | Palash | Bastard Teak
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These seeds are form Butea monosperma, also known as Flame of the Forest, sacred tree, palash, and bastard teak. This tree likes to live in full sun where it can grow up to 50 feet high. The scarlet, red, orange, gold and yellow blossoms are brilliantly on display from late winter until early spring. This tree is used for many things including lumber, resin, dye, charcoal, and animal food. In India the leaves from this tree are use to make plates. Bengal Kino is the gum that is obtained from this tree. It is used as an ingredient in food and by leather workers. This plant attracts a large variety of birds, bees, and butterflies. USDA Hardiness Zones 10 to 11.