Butterfly Gardening
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 ensures 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, daylilies, 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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