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February 27, 2013

Why Its Called Butterfly Bush

February 27, 2013/ Bluebird Gardens/ Charlotte Ekker Wiggins

They were both so small.

A tattered Fritillaria Butterfly visiting a less than an inch-long Blue Knight Butterfly bush flower nub.

Both have survived Missouri's record hot, drought-insistent summer.

They look like they belong together, don't they?

February 27, 2013/ Bluebird Gardens/ Charlotte Ekker Wiggins/ Comment

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