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Wanted: Seeds for Butterfly garden

Posted by tammyinwv z6/WV (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 10, 09 at 11:44

I would like to start a butterfly garden enxt yr, and Someone recommended these seeds:
Dill Bouquet
Curly Parsley
Fennel "florence"
Asclepsia (any but the common kind)
Butterfly bush
I can do a trade or for postage. I have the following to offer:
Morning Glory "blue star'
Pennisetum alepocuroides 'Moudry grass'
Ornamental Pear Tree Seeds
Rose of Sharon "Red Heart"
Rose Of Sharon " Minerva"
Penstemon, "Husker's Red"
Clematis "Henryii"
Clematis "Ramona"
Yarrow..white
Shasta Daisy
Liatris Kobold Gayfeather
Purple Coneflower


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RE: Wanted: Seeds for Butterfly garden

  • Posted by lgslgs z6 SE ohio (My Page) on
    Tue, Nov 10, 09 at 12:41

Hi Tammy -

I've got some seeds you might like for your butterfly garden. Not stuff on your list, but how would you like some Tithonia and a nice mix of tall zinnias? Both are butterfly magnets in my garden. I've also got some heleniums and rudbeckias that I think you'd like, judging from your wish lists. Oh, and Big Smile sunflowers too - they are really sweet.

The rudbeckias are from a rustic mix - not exactly dwarf, but an excellent variety of colors:
Rudbeckias and zinnias

I'm interested in your gaillardia and echinaceas and am most interested in doing trades for larger packs of seeds because I have a huge garden.

Drop me an e-mail if you are interested in setting up a trade.

Lynda


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RE: Wanted: Seeds for Butterfly garden

I had a butterfly meadow last year and the flowers most visited by butterflies were the cosmos and the Mexican zinnia:
Orange cosmos:
http://www.americanmeadows.com/WildflowerSeeds/Species/OrangeCosmosseeds.aspx
Cosmos "Picotee"
http://www.americanmeadows.com/WildflowerSeeds/Species/CosmosPicotee.aspx
Mexican sunflower 'Torch'

I could send you a couple teaspoons each of these seed for your Purple coneflower, Clematis "Ramona" and Penstemon, "Husker's Red" if you want.

Susana_Mc

Here is a link that might be useful: Cosmos


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RE: Wanted: Seeds for Butterfly garden

I am already involved in a swap. so everything on my want list marked with # means I am recieving that seed.
Susana_Mc I already have quite a bit of those seeds, but I can offer you the Penstemon Husker's Red, and Purple Coneflower you requested for an SASBE if you like.Except maybe the Ramona , as I only have a few. Just email me if you want them.
Tammy


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RE: Wanted: Seeds for Butterfly garden

I have obtained the Florence Fennel, so I no longer need it.
thanks
Tammy


 
 

 

 


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