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Female and male Eastern Tiger swallowtails feed on the blue and white Superbena Stormburst verbena blossoms. (Norman Winter/TNS)
On Gardening: A Stormburst of verbena blossoms and butterflies awaits your pollinator garden
By Norman Winter, Tribune News Service
Spring has been incredible at The Garden Guy’s house, and I am absolutely thankful for the Superbena Stormburst verbena. Swallowtails and hummingbirds came really early this year, not only in Georgia but throughout the Southeast.
So while I have been waiting for lantanas, salvias, agastaches and cupheas to reach the blooming stage, the Superbenas came roaring back as if they were juiced on steroids. The runners are long, deep green and bearing huge blooms. Eastern Tiger and Spicebush swallowtails along with hummingbirds have been making them part of their daily nectaring ritual.