Herbs for Butterflies

Welcome to the Member Ideas area! This community feature is where our members can post their own ideas. These posts are unedited and not necessarily endorsed by the National Gardening Association.
Posted by @gardengus on
Dill and fennel are both hosts for the Black Swallowtail Butterfly. If you plant both dill and fennel in the garden, they will cross pollinate and your dill seed will not produce a good culinary (cooking) dill.

Thumb of 2011-07-30/gardengus/22dd69

 
Comments and Discussion
Thread Title Last Reply Replies
Good Tip; by mcash70 Aug 29, 2013 9:33 AM 18

Explore More:

Member Login:

( No account? Join now! )

Today's site banner is by RootedInDirt and is called "Botanical Gardens"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.