There’s been an awful lot of fluttering in my yard lately and I have my sister Desirée to thank for it. When she, her husband Scott, and our dad George stopped by for a quick visit in 2021 she gifted me two passionvine seedlings (Passiflora sp.).

They’ve grown well in my front yard and over the years I’ve even been able to move a few volunteer starts to my back yard. The abundance of passionvines has attracted a number of Gulf Fritillarys (Agraulis vanillae) this summer.

While their offspring have munched my vines bare, I’m delighted that my yard provides them suitable habitat. Besides, I know the vines will recover. As you might guess, their decided preference for passionvines led to their other common name, Passion Butterfly. No matter what you call them, I love watching them flutter around my yard!