Butterfly Garden by Mike MacDonald

Violet

[Violet picture] Viola, Johnny Jump Up, is a host plant for Fritillaries and nectar source for the Cabbage White and Checkered White. It germinates at 20° C in 12 days. Blooms in 12 weeks. Space 15 cm, height 20 cm. The yellow native violet of the prairies is easy to grow and is highly respected as medicine by Athabascans, Dena’ina and other tribes.


Butterfly Plants
Agastache | Aster | Borage | Calendula
Centaurea | Cosmos | Echinacea | Hesperis
Lupine | Marigold | Mexican Sunflower | Parsley
Red Clover | Violet | White Clover | Yarrow

The Butterflies
Black Swallowtail | Cabbage White | Monarch
Mourning Cloak | Red Admiral | Silver Skipper | Silvery Blue
Skipper | Sulphur | Tawny Crescent | Tiger Swallowtail | Vanessa | White Admiral

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