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The Crosby Arboretum      NOLA BUG LADY Linda Auld:                                “Monarchs, Migration, Milkweed, and Oe”

 Saturday, September 16, 2023 - 10:00am to 11:00am

Linda Barber Auld is the former owner/operator of Barber Laboratories, a pest control supply store that was founded in 1921 by her grandfather. Recently retired, Linda has studied and promoted understanding beneficial insects for 45 years, raised 148 species of butterflies and moths, conducted butterfly count surveys for the North American Butterfly Association for 30 years, and since 2014, to help monarch butterflies, has installed 17 school gardens, enhanced gardens in four Louisiana welcome centers, created monarch waystations in seven Louisiana cities plus at Mississippi’s Gloster Arboretum (and much, much more!). Linda will share recent research papers with big discoveries from three major universities regarding milkweed, monarch migration, and nectar plants, including the ecosystem of insects visiting milkweed, the Oe parasite infection, the history of the Monarch Watch Tagging program, and implications and recommendations for New Orleans and the surround areas. Reservations required. Please call to register. 601-799-2311       Cost for members $3, and $6 for non-members.

Effective October 1, 2022

Barber Laboratories 

                    is officially                                  CLOSED for BUSINESS

We appreciate your patronage!

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NOLA BugLady's Butterfly Plants       will not be re-opening in September!

NOTE: Closing the Barber Laboratories store will free up my schedule for making speeches, promoting native plants, doing butterfly projects, plus writing more books and selling them. Retirement is beginning to sound b-u-s-y!

 JUST THREE MORE DAYS                           LEFT of PLANT SHOPPING in JULY!

COME & GET THEM while supplies last!                      BugLady is taking a vacation from selling plants                             in the month of August!                                 Plant sales will resume in September!

 

Indian Summer Coneflowers
Barber Laboratories

504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

                    4" pot = $ 4    Quart pot = $ 6             Green AZALEA pot=$ 8  Black Gallon pot=$ 12

(Palamedes Swallowtail)

Butterfly Nectar Plants STILL in STOCK!

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Bee Balm Monarda white  Quart & Green pot
Bee Balm Monarda "Peter's Purple"

 

Quart
Black-eyed Susan "Goldsturm" (Rudbeckia fulgida) Quart 
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) ONE LEFT!         Quart 
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) Quart
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Green pot
Celosia           Flamingo Feather Quart
Cleome - pink Quart
Coral Honeysuckle  Lonicera sempervirens ONE LEFT!           Quart
Crabapple tree 2 gallon
Crinum Lily          (Crinum americanum) ONE LEFT!         Gallon
Crownbeard (Verbesina virginica) Quart & Green pot
False Indigo                     (Baptisia alba) Quart
Ironweed  (Vernonia) Quart
Lanceleaf         Blanket flower

(Gaillardia aestivalis)

 

Quart & Gallon
PHLOX - creeping      (Phlox subulata) Quart
PHLOX  - creeping     (Phlox subulata) Quart
PHLOX Louisiana Woodland

(Phlox divaricata)

Quart
PHLOX                     John Fannick Gallon
PHLOX                    Robert Poore Gallon
         Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum) Quart 
Narrowleaf
Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Quart & Gallon
"Indian Summer" (Rudbeckia hirta) Quart
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) Quart & Gallon
Star Hibiscus  (Hibiscus coccineus alba) ONE LEFT!          Quart
Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) Quart & Gallon
Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) Quart & Gallon

                                              Palamedes Swallowtail

Caterpillar Host Plants STILL in STOCK!

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IT is time for metro New Orleans area folks to cut down  Milkweed to avoid spreading the Oe protozoan parasite!            Not available until spring
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                    (for Spicebush      Swallowtail)  Quart & Gallon
Cassia                    (Cassia splendens) (For Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
Candelabra Cassia (Cassia alata) (for Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
False Nettle  (Boehmeria cylindrica) (Red Admiral and Question Mark) Quart
        Fennel - Bronze  (for Black Swallowtail) 4" 
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) Quart 
Golden Tree Senna          (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies)  Quart

 

COME & GET THEM while supplies last!                      BugLady is taking a vacation from selling plants                             in the month of August!                                 Plant sales will resume in September!

 

Indian Summer Coneflowers
Barber Laboratories

504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

                    4" pot = $ 4    Quart pot = $ 6             Green AZALEA pot=$ 8  Black Gallon pot=$ 12

(Palamedes Swallowtail)

Butterfly Nectar Plants

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Bee Balm Monarda white  Quart & Green pot
Bee Balm Monarda "Peter's Purple"

 

Quart
Black-eyed Susan "Goldsturm" (Rudbeckia fulgida) Quart & Green pot
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) Quart & Green pot
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) Quart
Buttonbush

(Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Gallon
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Green pot
Celosia           Flamingo Feather Quart
Cleome - pink Quart
Coral Honeysuckle  Lonicera sempervirens Quart
Crabapple tree 2 gallon
Crinum Lily          (Crinum americanum) Gallon
Crownbeard (Verbesina virginica) Quart & Green pot
False Indigo                     (Baptisia alba) Quart
Ironweed  (Vernonia) Quart
Lanceleaf         Blanket flower

(Gaillardia aestivalis)

 

Quart & Gallon
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera) Quart
Penstemon digitalis Beardtongue Gallon
Penstemon tenuis          Gulf  Coast Penstemon Quart & Green pot
Penstemon       Husker's Red Green pot
PHLOX - creeping      (Phlox subulata) Quart
PHLOX  - creeping     (Phlox subulata) Quart
PHLOX Louisiana Woodland

(Phlox divaricata)

Quart
PHLOX                     John Fannick Gallon
PHLOX                    Robert Poore Gallon
         Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum) Quart 
Narrowleaf
Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Quart & Gallon
Obedient Plant

(Physostegia virginiana)

Quart
"Indian Summer" (Rudbeckia hirta) Quart
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) Quart & Gallon
Star Hibiscus (Hibiscus occineus) Quart 
Star Hibiscus  (Hibiscus coccineus alba) Quart
Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) Quart & Gallon
Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) Quart & Gallon

                                              Palamedes Swallowtail

Caterpillar Host Plants

Photo Item Size
IT is time for metro New Orleans area folks to cut down  Milkweed to avoid spreading the Oe protozoan parasite!            Not available until spring
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                    (for Spicebush      Swallowtail)  Quart & Gallon
Cassia                    (Cassia splendens) (For Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
Candelabra Cassia (Cassia alata) (for Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
False Nettle  (Boehmeria cylindrica) (Red Admiral and Question Mark) Quart
        Fennel - Bronze  (for Black Swallowtail) 4" 
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) Quart 
Parsley - curled or     straight leaf                 (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista             fasciculata                  (for Sulphur butterflies) Quart
Golden Tree Senna          (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies)  Quart

 

  BugLady's available plants for JULY!
 

(Palamedes Swallowtail)
Barber Laboratories

504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

                    4" pot = $ 4    Quart pot = $ 6             Green AZALEA pot=$ 8  Black Gallon pot=$ 12

(Palamedes Swallowtail)

Butterfly Nectar Plants

Photo Item Size
Bee Balm Monarda white  Quart & Green pot
Bee Balm Monarda "Peter's Purple"

 

Quart
Black-eyed Susan "Goldsturm" (Rudbeckia fulgida) Quart & Green pot
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) Quart & Green pot
Brazilian Button (Centratherum) Quart
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) Quart
Buttonbush

(Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Gallon
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Green pot
Celosia           Flamingo Feather Quart
Cleome - pink Quart
Coral Honeysuckle  Lonicera sempervirens Quart
Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata)
Quart
Crabapple tree 2 gallon
Crinum Lily          (Crinum americanum) Gallon
Crownbeard (Verbesina virginica) Quart & Green pot
Cut-Leaf Coneflower

(Rudbeckia laciniata)

Quart & Green pot
Echinacea                   Purple coneflower Gallon
False Indigo                     (Baptisia alba) Quart
Firespike-(pink)

(Odontonema)

Gallon
Gaura Gallon
Gazania Quart
Gomphrena  Strawberry Fields Quart
              Hyssop              "Apricot Sunrise" Quart
Ironweed  (Vernonia) Quart
Lanceleaf         Blanket flower

(Gaillardia aestivalis)

 

Quart & Green pot
Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora) Quart
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera) Quart
Penstemon digitalis Beardtongue Gallon
Penstemon tenuis          Gulf  Coast Penstemon Quart & Green pot
Penstemon       Husker's Red Green pot
PHLOX - creeping      (Phlox subulata) 4"
PHLOX  - creeping     (Phlox subulata) 4"
PHLOX Louisiana Woodland

(Phlox divaricata)

Quart
PHLOX Jeana Gallon
PHLOX                     John Fannick Gallon
PHLOX                    Robert Poore Gallon

PHLOX                      Rose Bouquet
Green pot
PHLOX                      Texas Pink

 

Green pot
         Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum) Quart 
Narrowleaf
Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Quart & Gallon
Nicotiana

Flowering Tobacco (for pollinators)

Quart 
Obedient Plant

(Physostegia virginiana)

Quart
"Indian Summer" (Rudbeckia hirta) Quart
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) Quart & Gallon
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata) Quart
Star Hibiscus (Hibiscus occineus) Quart 
Star Hibiscus  (Hibiscus coccineus alba) Quart
Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) Quart & Gallon
Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) Quart & Gallon

                                              Palamedes Swallowtail

Caterpillar Host Plants

Photo Item Size
IT is time for metro New Orleans area folks to cut down  Milkweed to avoid spreading the Oe protozoan parasite!            Not available until spring
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                    (for Spicebush      Swallowtail)  Quart & Gallon
Cassia                    (Cassia splendens) (For Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
Candelabra Cassia (Cassia alata) (for Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
False Nettle  (Boehmeria cylindrica) (Red Admiral and Question Mark) Quart
        Fennel - Bronze  (for Black Swallowtail) 4" 
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) Quart 
Parsley - curled or     straight leaf                 (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista             fasciculata                  (for Sulphur butterflies) Quart
Passion Flower Vine  Passiflora incarnata   (for Gulf Fritillary)

 

Gallon
Golden Tree Senna          (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies)  Quart
Sicklepod Cassia (Cassia obtusifolia) (for Sulphur butterflies) 4"

 

  BugLady's available plants for JUNE!
 

(Queen Butterfly)
Barber Laboratories

504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

                    4" pot = $ 4    Quart pot = $ 6             Green AZALEA pot=$ 8  Black Gallon pot=$ 12

(Queen butterfly)

Butterfly Nectar Plants

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Bee Balm Monarda white  4", Quart & Gallon
"Amarillo Gold"  (Rudbeckia hirta)  Gallon
Bee Balm Monarda "Peter's Purple"

 

4"
Black-eyed Susan "Goldsturm" (Rudbeckia fulgida) 4" & Gallon
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) Quart
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) Quart
Buttonbush

(Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Quart
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) 4" & Gallon
Cleome - pink Quart
Coral Honeysuckle  Lonicera sempervirens 4"
Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata)
Gallon
Crabapple tree 2 gallon
Cut-Leaf Coneflower

(Rudbeckia laciniata)

Quart 
Dianthus "Jolt" Quart
Echinacea                   Purple coneflower Gallon
Firespike-(pink)

(Odontonema)

gallon
Gazania 4"
Gomphrena                 Dwarf purple 4"
Gomphrena  Strawberry Fields 4"
              Hyssop              "Apricot Sunrise" 4" & Quart
Ironweed  (Vernonia) Quart
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) Quart
Lanceleaf         Blanket flower

(Gaillardia aestivalis)

 

Quart & Gallon
Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora) 4"
PHLOX - creeping      (Phlox subulata) 4"
PHLOX  - creeping     (Phlox subulata) 4"
PHLOX Louisiana Woodland

(Phlox divaricata)

4" & Quart
PHLOX Jeana Gallon
PHLOX                     John Fannick Quart
PHLOX                    Robert Poore Quart

PHLOX                      Rose Bouquet
Gallon
PHLOX                      Texas Pink

 

Quart
         Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum) 4" & Quart 
Narrowleaf
Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Gallon
Nicotiana

Flowering Tobacco (for pollinators)

Quart & Gallon
Obedient Plant

(Physostegia virginiana)

4" & Gallon
"Indian Summer" (Rudbeckia hirta) 4"
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) Quart & Gallon
Star Hibiscus (Hibiscus occineus) Gallon
Star Hibiscus  (Hibiscus coccineus alba) Quart
  Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)     Gallon

    (Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar)

Caterpillar Host Plants

Photo Item Size
IT is time for metro New Orleans area folks to cut down  Milkweed to avoid spreading the Oe protozoan parasite!            Not available until spring
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                    (for Spicebush      Swallowtail)  Quart & Gallon
Cassia                    (Cassia splendens) (For Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
Candelabra Cassia (Cassia alata) 4", Quart & Gallon
False Nettle  (Boehmeria cylindrica) (Red Admiral and Question Mark) 4" & Quart
        Fennel - Bronze  (for Black Swallowtail) 4" 
Lead Plant           (Amorpha fruticosa)      (Silver-Spotted skipper) Quart
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) Quart 
Parsley - curled or     straight leaf                 (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista             fasciculata                  (for Sulphur butterflies) 4" & Quart
Passion Flower Vine  Passiflora incarnata   (for Gulf Fritillary)

 

Gallon
Golden Tree Senna          (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies)  4"

 

  BugLady's available plants for MAY!
 

(Buckeye Butterfly)
Barber Laboratories

504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00

    NEW PRICES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2022                  4" pot = $ 4    Quart pot = $ 6                Green AZALEA pot=$ 8   Black Gallon pot=$ 12

(Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly)

Butterfly Nectar Plants

Photo Item Size
Bee Balm Monarda white  4", Quart & Gallon
Bee Balm                 Monarda fistulosa 4" & Gallon
Bee Balm Monarda "Peter's Purple"

 

4"
Black-eyed Susan "Goldsturm" (Rudbeckia fulgida) 4" & Gallon
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) Quart
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) Quart
Buttonbush

(Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Quart
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) 4" & Gallon
Cat Whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus) Gallon
Clasping Coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis) 4", Quart, Gallon
Cleome - white Quart & gallon
Cleome - pink Quart
Coral Honeysuckle  Lonicera sempervirens 4"
Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata)
Gallon
Coreopsis          (Coreopsis basalis) "Golden Mane"

 

Gallon
Coreopsis           (Coreopsis tinctoria) 4" & Quart
Crabapple tree 2 gallon
Cut-Leaf Coneflower

(Rudbeckia laciniata)

Quart & Gallon
Dianthus "Jolt" Quart
Eryngium hookeri "Hooker's Eryngo" 4"
Firespike-(pink)

(Odontonema)

gallon
Gazania 4"
Gomphrena                 Dwarf purple 4"
Gomphrena  Strawberry Fields 4"
Greyhead Coneflower  (Ratibida pinnata)

 

Gallon
              Hyssop              "Apricot Sunrise" 4" & Quart
Lanceleaf         Blanket flower

(Gaillardia aestivalis)

 

Quart & Gallon
Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora) 4"
PHLOX Louisiana Woodland

(Phlox divaricata)

4" & Quart
PHLOX                 Daughter of Pearl Gallon
PHLOX Jeana Gallon
PHLOX                     John Fannick Quart
PHLOX                    Robert Poore Quart

PHLOX                      Rose Bouquet
Gallon
PHLOX                      Texas Pink

 

Quart
Penstemon                    Husker Red Gallon
         Big Leaf                     Mountain Mint       (Pynanthemum muticum) 4" & Quart 
Narrowleaf
Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Gallon
Whiteleaf Mountain Mint

(Pycnanthemum albescens)

Gallon
Nicotiana

Flowering Tobacco (for pollinators)

Quart & Gallon
Nicotiana

Perfume Red

Quart
Obedient Plant

(Physostegia virginiana)

4" & Gallon
"Indian Summer" Rudbeckia hirta 4"
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) Quart & Gallon
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata) 4"
Star Hibiscus (Hibiscus occineus) Gallon
Star Hibiscus  (Hibiscus coccineus alba) Quart
  Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)     Gallon
White Lace Flower (Orlaya grandiflora)  4" & quart

                    (Monarch caterpillar)

Caterpillar Host Plants

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Aquatic Milkweed      Asclepias perennis                 (for Monarch)     Quart 
     Borage                         -Blue or white-      (for Painted Lady) Quart & Gallon
    Camphor Tree           (Cinnamomum                 camphora)                    (for Spicebush      Swallowtail)  Quart & Gallon
Cassia                    (Cassia splendens) (For Sulphur butterflies) Quart & Gallon
Dill (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
        Fennel - Bronze or green

(for Black Swallowtail)

4" 
Lippia "Frogfruit"        (for Buckeye and Phaon Crescent) Quart 
Parsley - curled or     straight leaf                 (for Black Swallowtail) 4"
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista             fasciculata                  (for Sulphur butterflies) 4"
Passion Flower Vine  Passiflora incarnata   (for Gulf Fritillary)

 

Gallon