When I first purchased the Chatette in 2002, I had a picture in my mind of a place surrounded by buddleia and millions of butterflies.
The butterflies came in droves and so did the hummingbird moths.
I went to work over the years, continuing to paint just that picture step by step. I purchased and planted various colors of buddleias, but soon found out how easy they were to grow from cuttings. Then, I discovered them popping up all over the property. Soon they were seeding across the road along the wall. This year, they are now blooming lushly. And, as Evelyn and Jean pointed out...only in front of my property!
We've become Buddleia Alley!
It really is beautiful. We are even MORE surrounded by butterflies. But, I can imagine that the department road crew is cursing me madly with all those volunteer buddleias out there to be cut or killed.
With less than a week to departure, I am already out there pruning my babies back everywhere. I'd already had visions of buddleias higher than the roof of the Chatette! We were on our way...but I'll share the pruning results soon.
Happy Tuesday!
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