Wild petunia blooms from early spring into late summer and is blooming now. This plant is host to the small and beautiful common buckeye butterfly, which is native to our area. The common buckeye ...

The flowers benefit pollinators, including large bees. Carolina wild petunia also is host to the common buckeye butterfly, giving its caterpillars leaves to feed on while they develop into adults.

The wild petunia is particularly attractive to long-tongued bees and butterflies, and is a host plant for common Buckeye butterfly larvae.

What Does a Common Buckeye Butterfly Look Like? A surprising number of species include the word “common” in their name, although the species itself is anything but ordinary. One good example ...

Teresa in Linden Dear Teresa: This is commonly called Mexican petunia ... Several types of butterflies use ruellias as host plants. They include the common buckeye, malachite butterfly and ...