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Porterweed: Tropical Butterfly Magnet, Not for Atlanta Winters

Porterweed (Stachytarpheta) draws butterflies but is tropical. Not hardy in Atlanta. Substitutes: lantana, salvia, cosmos. Butterfly plant lists at bit.ly/GAbutterfly.

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