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Red-spotted Purples and Viceroys (shown)
Lay eggs on the tip of the leaves
Willow
Salix sp.
Viceroy and Red-spotted Purple caterpillars
eat the leaf from the tip backward.
Botanical Name: Salix sp.
Common Names: Willow
Plant type: tree
Host for: Host plant for several butterflies and moths including Red-spotted Purple, Viceroy, Mourning Cloak, Tiger Swallowtail, Luna Moth, and Cecropia Moth.
Zone:
Light: Sun to partial shade
Size: Up to 30 feet
Water: Prefers wet soil. Will grow in water.
Soil: Any wet or damp soil.
Propagation: Seed, cuttings
Bloom:
Note: It has been noted that willow cuttings in the same water as other plants can cause an increase likely hood that the other plant will produce roots.
Butterfly Bloom Attractant:
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: Willow
Plant type: tree
Host for: Host plant for several butterflies and moths including Red-spotted Purple, Viceroy, Mourning Cloak, Tiger Swallowtail, Luna Moth, and Cecropia Moth.
Zone:
Light: Sun to partial shade
Size: Up to 30 feet
Water: Prefers wet soil. Will grow in water.
Soil: Any wet or damp soil.
Propagation: Seed, cuttings
Bloom:
Note: It has been noted that willow cuttings in the same water as other plants can cause an increase likely hood that the other plant will produce roots.
Butterfly Bloom Attractant:
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.
Red-spotted Purples and Viceroys (shown)
Lay eggs on the tip of the leaves
Willow
Salix sp.Viceroy and Red-spotted Purple caterpillars
eat the leaf from the tip backward.
Botanical Name: Salix sp.
Common Names: Willow
Plant type: tree
Host for: Host plant for several butterflies and moths including Red-spotted Purple, Viceroy, Mourning Cloak, Tiger Swallowtail, Luna Moth, and Cecropia Moth.
Zone:
Light: Sun to partial shade
Size: Up to 30 feet
Water: Prefers wet soil. Will grow in water.
Soil: Any wet or damp soil.
Propagation: Seed, cuttings
Bloom:
Note: It has been noted that willow cuttings in the same water as other plants can cause an increase likely hood that the other plant will produce roots.
Butterfly Bloom Attractant:
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: Willow
Plant type: tree
Host for: Host plant for several butterflies and moths including Red-spotted Purple, Viceroy, Mourning Cloak, Tiger Swallowtail, Luna Moth, and Cecropia Moth.
Zone:
Light: Sun to partial shade
Size: Up to 30 feet
Water: Prefers wet soil. Will grow in water.
Soil: Any wet or damp soil.
Propagation: Seed, cuttings
Bloom:
Note: It has been noted that willow cuttings in the same water as other plants can cause an increase likely hood that the other plant will produce roots.
Butterfly Bloom Attractant:
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