杜鵑草　Japanese Toad Lily

ホトトギスが増えています。Japanese toad lily has been spreading. 今年も可憐な花を咲かせました。It again produced fragile-looking lovely flowers this year. ホトトギスはルリタテハという蝶の食草です。そもそもルリタテハを呼びたくて植えたのですが、卵を産みに来た様子はありません。来年は来てくれるでしょうか？ We planted toad lily to attract a butterfly, blue admirals, whose caterpillars eat the leaves of the plant. There was no sign, however, of the butterfly having come and laid eggs. Maybe next year..? October 2009 / Nishinomiya Hyogo