http://greenthumbs.tribe.net/thread/9cc91c63-22ee-41c0-a65c-9603bea72297?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://greenthumbs.tribe.net/thread/9cc91c63-22ee-41c0-a65c-9603bea72297#fd50477f-4a63-4745-b806-249038f4f428 i live in the n. east. i have been trying to start some butterfly weed for two years now. last year it was spindly, maybe 9 inches tall--swallow tail caterpillars ate it in oct. i figured it would be fine and come back, i was wrong. so this year i replanted and it did fine, then around late oct. it dropped its leaves. i am wondering if this happens and it will come back, or if it is lost too. no caterpillars this time, but i was not expecting to see it lose it's leaves. i have heard that they can be hard to start, any info would be great! oh, i replanted in two places-both plots lost leaves. Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:48:33 GMT http://greenthumbs.tribe.net/thread/9cc91c63-22ee-41c0-a65c-9603bea72297#fd50477f-4a63-4745-b806-249038f4f428 $item.owner.firstName 2007-12-09T12:48:33Z