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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. Your family and friends will be delighted seeing the beautiful butterflies that visit you daily, but be sure to create a safe habitat for them. If you own cats or chickens, rethink your plans, because it would be a shame to attract these lovely insects to their death. Both will eat the insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The design of your butterfly garden is a matter of personal preference. Typical points to consider are the size of your space and the types of flowers and plants you want to grow. Pick a style of garden that appeals to you visually, but ensure it also contains the plants and flowers that appeal to the butterflies you wish to attract. Each species seems to prefer something different, for example, monarch caterpillars love milkweed but will ignore everything else. 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, online, or from a local botanical garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To create the kind of environment that they find attractive, you will also need water of some kind. A birdbath is a great way to keep the butterflies up off the ground away from stray cats or mischievous puppies. Plus, it looks beautiful. A shallow dish on a post or hung in a tree will do just as well. Better yet, make your own and let the kids paint it and decorate it their way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When planting your butterfly garden, remember that, 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 how you coordinate the colors you choose for your flowerbeds. Butterflies are attracted to those flowers that have nectar rather than pollen, like the varieties listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. Let your kids help. Throw in some flowers in their favorite colors and get them involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few types of plants you can plant to attract butterflies to your garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Honeysuckle is a perfect flower for any butterfly garden. It attracts a huge variety of different species of butterflies. It is also a host to spring azure butterflies. Trumpet honeysuckle hosts the caterpillars. Not only will it bring in the butterflies, but hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers as well. Song birds, such as robins, goldfinches, bluebirds, and thrushes love the tiny berries it produces. .Honeysuckle smells wonderful, can be used medicinally, the flowers can be eaten safely, and kids love the way the flowers look. Be careful because it can be quite invasive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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