Today's visit to the nursery garden center was a success in my quest to find more perennials for the garden at home. Actually, my visit was to purchase a Toad Lily, a fall bloomer; but I also ended up with two daylilies called "Passionate Returns," another milkweed to attract Monarch butterflies, a hosta named "Curly Fries" and two small common rue plants. One of the rue plants contained a bonus -- an Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar camouflaged among the leaves. I'll place the plant with caterpillar under a cage in the garden so it will be protected from predators as it continues developing, forming its chrysalis and eventually emerging as a butterfly.
