Truffula Pink gomphrena has already been hotter than the proverbial twodollar pistol but The Garden Guy is here to tell you, it is even better than we thought. It has been the champion of all butterfly plants at my house and if your peak butterfly season is September/October and you find them for sale, BUY THEM.
It was just a couple of days ago, I was watching swallowtails hitting on a clump of mine and as I was about to photograph two feeding close together when two more flew in kind of like a pollinator photo bomb. It was really a magical moment, and it is repeating again as I write this.
It's not just swallowtails, but American Ladies, Silver-spotted Skippers, Common Buckeyes and regular hummingbird visits too. The pollinators alone would make you want to grow it, but shoot, it is beautiful and one of the toughest, most persevering plans you can grow. Believe me when I say when the heat is on, this is a musthave plant.
