REALLY SPECIAL FOR YOUR BACKYARD. SHE’S LIVE AT RAINBOW GARDENS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. LOOK AT ALL
THESE BUTTERFLIES. HOW NICE
WOULD THAT BE NEED TO HAVE THEM
FLY AROUND YOUR BACKYARD?
WELL, IT CAN BE DONE WITH
CERTAIN PLANS THAT YOU CAN PUT
IN YOUR GARDEN. AND TODAY WE
HAVE HELP FROM ROB IN THE EVENT
MANAGER. HERE WE HAVE A GARDEN.
AND ROBIN, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU GOT STARTED WITHIN.
THIS IS HOW YOUR LOVE FOR FIRES
CAME TO BE RATLEY. I AM USED TO
BE A PRESCHOOL TEACHER AND WE
HAD CATERPILLARS THAT WE HAD
BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM.
AND I JUST ABSOLUTELY FUN LOVE
REALLY, REALLY ENJOY GARDENING.
NOW, THAT KIND OF GOT ME THAT
IT’S SEGUE INTO GARDENING.
AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
SO CATERPILLARS LIKE THESE AND
YOU MENTIONED HERE IS THE
PARENT. YES. SO THIS CALL THE
CATERPILLAR HOST PLANT. THAT
WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE
CATERPILLARS ACTUALLY EATING.
SO THIS IS US. A PIPELINE
SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLAR AND
HANDS EATING TYPE FINE.
>> THIS IS WHAT THE ADULT LOOKS
LIKE. THE EAT NECTAR AND THE
BABY CATERPILLARS EAT CERTAIN
HOST PLANTS. BUT THERE’S ONLY
CERTAIN HOST PLANTS
FOR CERTAIN THE CATERPILLARS,
FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS
THE MILKWEED FOR MONARCHS, BUT
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER HOST
PLANTS. THERE’S THERE’S
NUMEROUS NUMEROUS HOST PLANTS
OUT THERE. A LOT OF NATIVES
BUT WE’VE GOT RUE AND FENNEL
AND ALSO PARSLEY AT THE CITRUS
AS WELL WILL WORK FOR THE
GIANTS WHILE ENTAILS THE BLACK
SWALLOWTAIL ALSO WILL LAY ON
THE FENNEL M. WE’VE GOT ANGELO
NIYA. THAT IS A HOST FOR THE
CATERPILLAR. AND THEN WE’VE
GOT TEXAS AGE ALSO HAS A REAL
PRETTY PURPLE FLOWERS. NOW, ONE
THING YOU NEED TO HAVE IN YOUR
YARD TO HAVE THOSE BUTTERFLIES
ARE HOST PLANTS AND NECTAR
BOAT. SO BOTH AND SOME OF
THEM DOUBLE AS TO WHY AN ACTOR
AND HOST PLANTS LIKE ANY
ANYTHING WITH THE BLUES LIKE
THIS ONE. AND THIS WHEN THE
MILKWEED THEY ALL HAVE THE
BLOOMS. SOMETHING INTERESTING.
YOU MENTION THE CITRUS BECAUSE,
RIGHT? YES, A GOOD TIME TO
PLANT. IF YOU WANT TO DO LIKE
A LINE TREE. ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO
PLANT CITRUS
>> THE CATERPILLARS WILL NOT
DAMAGE OR FRUIT. THEY JUST SEE
THE FULL INCH AND IT COMES
BACK. I LIKE TO CALL THEM
NATURAL. PROVE AGE IS GOING
AND EAT UP THE FOLIAGE AND IT
COMES BACK BIGGER AND BETTER
AND PRETTIER THAN IT WAS.
GOT A LITTLE NATURE. YEAH,
BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS THIS
STRICTLY AN ACTOR PLANT BUT
THEY LOVE IT. LANTANA. WE ALSO
HAVE VERBENA. IT’S ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL. MEXICAN HAVE THERE
ALL THESE THINGS WITH ARE GREAT
TO BRING IN THOSE BUTTERFLIES,
LOTS OF COLOR. AND WE USE ONE
OF THOSE ON THE PLANTERS THAT
WE DID. YES, WE DID SO AND YOU
CAN MAKE AN CONTAINER GARDEN
OF OF BUTTERFLIES. YOU CAN MAKE
AN ENTIRE POLLINATOR GARDEN
ON YOUR PATIO WITH A POT AND
YOU MENTION SOME FLOWERS.
SO YEAH, AS WE ALL KNOW,
SUNFLOWER, YES. THOSE ARE SUCH
A GREAT NECTAR PLAN. THEY ARE
AN ABSOLUTE GREAT NECTAR PLAN,
BUT THEY ARE ALSO HOST PLANT
ONE OF THE CATERPILLARS YOU.
SO YOU MAY SEE A BUNCH OF BLACK
REPORTER PATCH CATERPILLARS
ALL OVER YOUR SUNFLOWERS DON’T
WORRY, THOSE BUTTERFLIES ARE
GOING TO TURN INTO A VERY
BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES. NICE.
AND HERE WE GO. GUARDIANS,
THERE IS A BUTTERFLY GARDEN IN
THE BACK THERE. YOU SAID IN
ABOUT A MONTH IT
WILL BE FULL OF THE S AND X
FIRTS. YES, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
EVERY SATURDAY LAURA JARVIS IS
HERE FROM BUTTERFLY LANDING.
SHE GROW SOME PLANTS
EXCLUSIVELY FOR US AND SHE IS
HERE EVERY SATURDAY FROM 11 TO
5 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU HAVE AND JUST BE REALLY
VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR A WE DO A
LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AT YOU ALL
THESE DIFFERENT PLANTS. THEY
ARE HERE TO HELP. SO IF YOU
LIKE TO BUILD YOUR OWN
BUTTERFLY, EVEN IF YOU LIVE IN
AN APARTMENT, YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT PLANTS, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEY LIKE GO AHEAD AND
VISIT OUR WEBSITE. WE’VE GOT
CLASSES AND YOU CAN COME ASK US
ANY QUESTIONS AND WE’RE HAPPY
TO HELP HER FIX. WE HAVE ALL
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