I finally sat myself down and bought the plants I've been meaning to order. Of course, we did have that freeze about a week after our last "official" frost date of Feb 15 so I had to wait a little longer than expected. I just ordered six Wooly Pipevines to add to the two I already have; I'm going to plant four and keep two in my shade house where the butterflies can't lay eggs on them. Gotta have a spare food supply! I also ordered a Passiflora lutea. I had one years ago but these invasive ferns smothered it and it stopped coming back. Dad and I are working on the ferns, but I'm going to plant it in a different place. I also ordered some Carolina Petunias (Ruellia species can be a host for the Buckeye, but they use lots of plants). I had some of those before, too. Two of them were actually coming back and I stuck a tag on the smaller one so Dad wouldn't dig it up the other day when he was clearing the garden. So what did he do while I was inside for a few minutes? Pulled the tag, put in the trash bag I had going, and dug up my plant. I was talking to Grandma last night about it and told her I used a quote I learned from her last time I visited. I said, "Grandma, I told him he didn't know beans from apple butter!" She laughed and said, "Good for you!" I swear, non-gardeners need full supervision, folks. I also ordered some dwarf Mexican Sunflowers from John Scheepers. They carry the 'Goldfinger' variety, which is the best variety, in my opinion. Butterflies love them as nectar plants. I grew some years ago. Now, I just have to figure out where to put them.
