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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