The bahama cassia is crawling with orange barred sulphur caterpillars of every instar. You often times have to really search for the caterpillars, as they have great camouflage with the leaves.
Sulphur caterpillars everywhere
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Heavenly
The smell when walking out the front door is heavenly, all because the jasmine tree is in full bloom. The butterflies spend time in this tree, and on a rare occasion a caterpillar makes its chrysalis on the branches, or leaves.
The candlestick cassia is also starting to bloom, soon its showy yellow flowers will begin to open from the bottom to the top. This plant has a mind of its own and has grown in a variety of ways. This plant has survived three hurricanes, and has started making its way back again, which is great because the orange barred sulphur visits it on a daily basis laying eggs. Last check there were quite a few caterpillars chomping away.
Monarch galore
More monarch butterflies have emerged and released. Thirty-two monarch butterflies have been released since Saturday, April 5. The wonderful news – there are still more chrysalsis in the butterfly house. Our total has now reached 628 monarch butterflies released over the past few years.
Fly free
Welcome to a section of my garden where I released six monarch butterflies in the middle of a sea of blanket flowers.
Lantana, a must have
There are many different varieties of lantana, running the gamut of colors. Unfortunately there are non-native and native varieties.
According to the University of Florida the native lantana are sterile-in other words cannot produce viable seeds and pollen. The one pictured below is called a lantana depressa.
The lantana loves full sun and prefers well-drained soils. They tolerate both heat and salt.
The butterflies love the nectar.
