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Gardening Tips To Atract Butterflies
By Flower | July 1, 2009
What is butterfly gardening? Butterfly gardening is a type of gardening that uses many different types of plants to attract butterflies. 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.
How you plan your the look of your butterfly garden is your choice. Typical points to consider are the size of your garden and the types of flowers and plants you want to grow. When designing your butterfly garden you are going to want a look that is appealing to you, just make sure that it containes plants that butterflies are attracted to.
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
If you want to make the type of enviroment that will attract butterflies, there must be a water source. A birdbath will look attractive and keep the butterflies up off the ground, away from stray cats or mischievous puppies. A saucer or dish attached to a post or tree will do well also.
When you plan your butterfly garden you want the colors of your plants to be in harmony. 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, Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium), 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 vibrant colors like red, yellow and orange will really stand out and may even seem 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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