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Uploaded: 04/26/18 1:12 PM GMT
Calling All Butterflies
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Butterfly Bush (Buddleia Davidii)
Beautiful but a pest plant.
Labelled an invasive weed in New Zealand - it invades native plant areas and loves riverbeds and river banks so can cause silt build-up which can intensify flooding. It grows anywhere and does not mind heat or cold - even likes frosts.

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.GomekFlorida
04/26/18 2:22 PM GMT
This looks a bit like Pickerel weed also an invasive exotic.
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::Ramad
04/26/18 2:22 PM GMT
That colour is so striking and beautiful.When I was in New Zealand my friends there told me that "black-eyed susan" is considered to be a pest. Here certainly not.
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.Dunstickin
04/26/18 2:28 PM GMT
Good timing...We have just returned from a Butterfly centre In Darlington!...
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::tigger3
04/26/18 4:02 PM GMT
Lyn, I love that background, and your presentation. The deep color is superb, also. It is considered invasive here as well, but I like them, because the butterflies do! :) tigs=^..^=
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::trixxie17
04/26/18 7:16 PM GMT
This is such a lovely color Lyn - too bad they are a pest.
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::mesmerized
04/26/18 8:58 PM GMT
A shame this lovely plant has such a bad reputation...I love its' shape and color...and the background and presentation quite creative...nice work, Lyn.
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::Nikoneer
04/27/18 3:21 AM GMT
...or a horde of miniature hummingbirds, with flowers scaled down just right for them. A veritable smorgasbord!

-Nik
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::Vickid
04/27/18 8:00 AM GMT
Beautiful but with a dark side....hmmm... quite interesting. you have captured this in such a terrific light and the background is so complimentary here. Great work.
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::corngrowth
04/27/18 9:12 AM GMT
---Beautiful but a pest plant---

That's right, Lyn. I have several species in my garden. They work as a magnet for attracting butterflies. Their shadow side (figuratively meant) is that they must always be pruned severely to prevent them from overgrowing the rest of the vegetation.

A very fine (Foofy Friday) capture however!
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.jeenie11
05/02/18 10:25 AM GMT
beautiful!
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