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The boss also answered me as to what those awesome purple flowers are. You know, the one with the Monarch on them. The one that was covered in Monarchs last week. (See photo.) The one even the Malachites, who are supposed to eat overripe fruit were on. It's heliotrope! Maybe that's why the flight cage smells so good? Isn't that stuff supposed to smell good? I'm going to sniff it next week. Well, if you can grow it in your area, Melanie is giving it the thumbs up. Well, the butterflies are giving it the approval. Anyone else grow heliotrope and have success with it? I'm only familiar with it through my catalogs which is why I didn't know what it was. Thought it would be taller for some reason...