Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Butterfly...

 I spotted this beautiful butterfly yesterday. He seemed to be moving slowly....so I wasn't sure if he was just emerging into life as a butterfly , or perhaps  hurt. I just took his picture and left him to walk around on the pachy sandra. Speaking of pachy sandra. I bought a flat of this ground cover when I lived in town. Brought some out here to the farm.From that one flat I have grown a major crop of this stuff. It's hardy. Fast growing , great for borders. Not invasive. In the fall it gets yellow flowers on it. I really like it. xo

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful butterfly!! We are going tomorrow to get the rest of our plants. I have Mexican heather and Texas Sage that comes back year after year. I also have one ground cover that has grown wild! I love it when that happens!!

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  2. Gorgeous butterfly! I hope you are having a good Wednesday! xo Nellie

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  3. the back of him looks like eyes, i bet that is to scare off predators. nature is amazing!

    smiles, bee
    xoxo

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  4. Do you know what kind of butterfly it is? I'm afraid I don't know my butterflies. Someday I'm going to get one of those little identification books but until then I do love to watch the lovely things.

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  5. i haven't had a black swallowtail yet this year. of course, my butterfly bushes barely have leaves on them.

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  6. I love butterflies and have lots of collectibles with butterflies and a friend gave us a butterfly bush for our new yard. Your photo is beautiful.

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  7. It's been a long time since I saw a black Swallowtail butterfly, mostly the yellow ones that visit here.
    Isn't he handsome !
    Beautiful shot !
    ~Jo

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  8. Love the butterfly picture. I know that ground cover and it's a real beauty.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  9. Oh how beautiful! I hope we get some this year, too!

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  10. How beautiful. Hope he was just "beginning." :-)

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