So delighted to see these Red Admiral butterflies (males apparently) feeding on the native shrub, Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) at a client's recently. The plant likes wet soil and full sun. With all the rain we have gotten (drought last summer, flash floods this summer), this shrub is thriving!
I bought a Red Admiral barberry and I now I know why they named it that! Hope you are doing well.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of that Barberry! Te buttonbush was like candyland to the butterflies.
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