On Gardening: The Early Butterfly Gets the Verbena. Do You Have Them Planted?

The first Eastern Tiger Swallowtail of the year at "The Garden Guy’s" house, was photographed March 22 feeding on Superbena Royale Chambray. Norman Winter/TNS

By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service

Swallowtails were early at The Garden Guy’s house this year. Thank goodness I had Superbena verbenas in full bloom. It is as if they had been given the task of announcing the arrival of spring and the butterfly season. On March 22, I photographed an eastern tiger swallowtail on Superbana Royale Chambray verbena.