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About the nursery |
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Something is eating my passion flower vines, what should I do about it? You may have noticed that your once full passion flower vines are starting to look ragged during the Summer. Before reaching for the pesticide spray, realize that one of the reasons we grow passion flowers, besides their gorgeous blooms, is to provide food for Monarchs and Gulf Frittelary butterflies. These species depend on this vine as a host plant on which to lay eggs, feed their young, and produce a new crop of butterflies. The larvae are voracious eaters and often strip a smaller plant of leaves. However, we think it is worth it to see the entire life cycle of these creatures unfold before our eyes. The next year the vine grows back as vigorously as ever, waiting for the butterflies to return. |
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