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Licorice plant

11 years ago

HI

I was wondering if anyone using the variety of Licorice plant called Icicles to raise American Ladies? I just found out about it as a host plant when I was at work and watched a female AM lay eggs on it. Is the normal Licorice plant also a host?

Jacob

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swallow_tail_grower
11 years ago
Anise bush looks like Fennel but it taste like Licorice!!
docmom_gw
11 years ago
I thought American Ladies used fuzzy plants, including Pussy Toes and Pearly Everlasting. I was confused, so looked it up. Is the licorice plant Anise hyssop? The list of host plants is really long. This is a perfect example of why I have chosen to NOT expand my knowledge of butterflies, but to simply provide diversity in my garden and enjoy whoever shows up. My mind is too old to catalog that degree of detail. Turning the big 50 next week.

Martha
Jacob Berg thanked docmom_gw
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swallow_tail_grower
11 years ago
Well, I am turning the big 70 this year so I know what you mean. I am from So. Calif and we are in a bad drought, there are very few butterflies seen if any.....
Jacob Berg
Original Author
11 years ago
They use the Icicles. I work at a nursery and watched a female fly around and laying eggs. BUT only the Icicles and not the normal variety.

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