Rue in the pollinator garden.
The plant in the photograph is Common Rue (ruta graveolens), a perennial that is the host plant for the giant swallowtail.
Both photographs are of plant beds near my garage. The one of the giant swallowtail was taken last summer.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I tried Rue, and it lasted 1 week with all the bunnies. I'm thinking gas plant to attract Giants.
I remember Florida, with all the citrus.
There were Giants in those days!
Leafhead
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You are very "quotefull" today 
An advantage to being in a neighborhood with so much greenery is that the environment offers so many choices for our well-fed rabbits.
They like hostas and will select one near the end of the yard and nibble it down to the ground. I just let them have that one because there are plenty more.
They seem to like the tender, juicy, new plants of any kind. I find that if I grow it in a pot until it is a few inches tall or, if planted directly in the ground cover it with a "chicken wire dome" until is several inches tall, they will leave the plant alone once the dome is removed.
The rue in the picture is on the "alley-side of the garage," and was planted last year. When it emerged this year, they left it alone. I guess they just had better options the bunny buffet ?
@MikeEC
I am trying to lure the bunnies more into the lawn by letting it grow long in places where there is a lot of clover or Bird Foot Trefoil. They love Fabaceae members most of all.
It seems to work somewhat, although they ate the shit out of my two dwarf Anthuriums!
Lots of babies running around.
"Preying" for a fox!!
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