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Butterfly Gardening
What is butterfly gardening? Simply put butterfly gardening is
the art of growing flowers and plants that will attract these colorful and
dainty creatures to your garden. Delight your family and visitors with beautiful
butterflies, but be sure to create a safe habitat for them. If you own cats
rethink your plans, because it would be a shame to attract these lovely insects
to their death.
The design your butterfly garden is a matter of personal preference. Typical
points to consider are the size of your garden and the types of flowers and
plants you want to grow. Pick a style of garden that appeals to you, but ensure
it also contains the plants and flowers that appeal to the butterflies you wish
to attract.
It is important to find out which plants and flowers will attract the species of
butterflies. that live in your area. This information can be found at the local
library
To create the kind of environment that they find attractive, you will also need
water of some kind. A birdbath will look attractive and keep the butterflies up
off the ground, away from stray cats or mischievous puppies. A shallow dish on a
post or hung in a tree will do just as well.
When planting your butterfly garden be careful how you coordinate the colors you
choose for your flowerbeds. Although butterflies do not care about your choice
of color, you don't want your garden to be a hodgepodge of unrelated colors and
textures. Butterflies are attracted to those flowers that have nectar rather
than pollen, like honeysuckle, milkweed, summer lilac, Valerian, daisies, Purple
Coneflower, Yellow Sage, day lilies and lavender.
Some people find it helpful to draw and color a layout of their butterfly
gardening plan to see what the finished product would look like. Keep in mind
that warm colors like red and orange are flashy and showy. These colors have a
greater impact against a strong green background. Cool colors such as blue and
purple are soothing and toned down and would work better with a white contrast
to create the look of freshness and brightness.
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