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Pawpaw Tree
The Pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba), is not the winner of the category “most spectacular color in the woods” during autumn. But it does have a wonderful fruit if you can beat the bears to that fruit. Bears love those Pawpaws. There are many Pawpaw trees here in the mountains, including ones that I’ve planted here…
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Black, White, And Orange
The reason I grow Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), it is the Zebra Swallowtail’s (Eurytides marcellus) host plant. And it is one of the many butterflies that I adore seeing. Here, one is enjoying the nectar of Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa).
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Butterfly Weed
An incredibly beautiful Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) on the aptly named Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) which provides nectar to many pollinators. Native to much of the United States, from Maine to South Dakota to the desert southwest to Florida. Another pollinator that nearly matches the color of the Butterfly Weed, Great Spangled Fritilary (Speyeria cybele).…