tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post4483961382825160385..comments2024-03-19T15:39:56.057-04:00Comments on Natural Gardening: Bottlebrush buckeye and swallowtailsLisa Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08546271182217310594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post-2056999410316893972010-06-08T21:34:01.141-04:002010-06-08T21:34:01.141-04:00Hi, Randy,
How nice to see a relative of our bucke...Hi, Randy,<br />How nice to see a relative of our buckeye in California! California has its own buckeye species, Aesculus californica, that looks quite similar to ours (which has quite a narrow natural range, but is happy over a much wider range of garden conditions). There was a lovely large A. californica on campus (where we were in graduate school).<br /><br />And thanks for confirming my suspicion about the butterfly being a pipevine swallowtail (not a black swallowtail--- hmm, my parsley has been almost defoliated, so they were also a suspect) -- the butterflies were visiting so actively, I couldn't get a good look at their upper wing surfaces. <br /><br />We have a huge pipevine on a trellis next to the house, so we've had lots of pipevine swallowtails this summer.<br /><br />LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657232418012801175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859873319068539701.post-37224216786474045482010-06-07T22:08:12.952-04:002010-06-07T22:08:12.952-04:00Lisa,
I saw this plant growing wild in Yosemite an...Lisa,<br />I saw this plant growing wild in Yosemite and covered in butterflies. never thought of growing it here in the southeastern US. I believe you have a Pipevine Swallowtail there!Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.com