Meditative gardening–quietly noticing, listening, being. Enjoying the honeybush and Rosa banksia in bloom, pipevine swallowtail butterflies emerging from chrysalis, frog habitat and a hungry great blue heron.
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies
We try to create and nurture wildlife habitat gardens here on our five-acre Sonoma County property. And the California pipevine swallowtail is one of our favorite local fauna to provide support for. Their markings are so striking–with their mystical black color and iridescent blue sheen (on the males). The caterpillars are also eye-catching: black withContinue reading “Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies”