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Wild Cherry with fruit
Wild Cherry
Prunus serotina
Red-Spotted Purple butterfly
Phoebis sennae
Red-spotted Purple butterflies will lay their eggs on the tip of the leaf.
Tiger Swallowtail butterflies lay green smooth eggs anywhere on the leaf.
Cecropia Moths eggs are usually on the underside of a leaf or on a stem. They are larger than butterfly eggs, slightly flat and beige/brown.
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Common Names: Wild Cherry
Plant type: Tree
Host for: Host plant for Red-Spotted Purple butterfly, Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, and Cecropia Moth
Zone: 3 -9
Light: sun to light shade
Size: 40 - 60 feet Can be trimmed to shrub size.
Water: Water frequently especially when first transplated
Soil: well drained
Propagation: Seed - Will seed readily around the tree
Bloom: white
Note: Birds eat the fruit of this tree.
Note: All parts of the plant are poisonous
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 6
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Common Names: Wild Cherry
Plant type: Tree
Host for: Host plant for Red-Spotted Purple butterfly, Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, and Cecropia Moth
Zone: 3 -9
Light: sun to light shade
Size: 40 - 60 feet Can be trimmed to shrub size.
Water: Water frequently especially when first transplated
Soil: well drained
Propagation: Seed - Will seed readily around the tree
Bloom: white
Note: Birds eat the fruit of this tree.
Note: All parts of the plant are poisonous
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 6
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Read First Coast Community
for Acticles writen by Edith.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any
photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the
mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United
States
TO PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT US edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458
12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org
At Shady Oak Butterfly Farm we have raised over 40 species of butterflies and moths.
Wild Cherry with fruit
Wild Cherry
Prunus serotinaRed-Spotted Purple butterfly
Phoebis sennae
Red-spotted Purple butterflies will lay their eggs on the tip of the leaf.
Tiger Swallowtail butterflies lay green smooth eggs anywhere on the leaf.
Cecropia Moths eggs are usually on the underside of a leaf or on a stem. They are larger than butterfly eggs, slightly flat and beige/brown.
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Common Names: Wild Cherry
Plant type: Tree
Host for: Host plant for Red-Spotted Purple butterfly, Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, and Cecropia Moth
Zone: 3 -9
Light: sun to light shade
Size: 40 - 60 feet Can be trimmed to shrub size.
Water: Water frequently especially when first transplated
Soil: well drained
Propagation: Seed - Will seed readily around the tree
Bloom: white
Note: Birds eat the fruit of this tree.
Note: All parts of the plant are poisonous
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 6
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Common Names: Wild Cherry
Plant type: Tree
Host for: Host plant for Red-Spotted Purple butterfly, Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, and Cecropia Moth
Zone: 3 -9
Light: sun to light shade
Size: 40 - 60 feet Can be trimmed to shrub size.
Water: Water frequently especially when first transplated
Soil: well drained
Propagation: Seed - Will seed readily around the tree
Bloom: white
Note: Birds eat the fruit of this tree.
Note: All parts of the plant are poisonous
Butterfly Bloom Attractant: 6
Butterfly Attractant Scale: 0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.
These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.
Read First Coast Community
for Acticles writen by Edith.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any
photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the
mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United
States
TO PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT US edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458
12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening. If you would like to join to; go to www.forbutterflies.org