What a simple and yet rewarding idea for a garden. My wife is a huge lover of gardening and butterflies. Until I read this article I never thought that one would lead to another. Has anyone managed such a garden and if so how have your result been in attracting butterflies.
Easy Butterfly Gardening: Three Tips for Success
Butterfly gardens require several things to be successful: plants, water, and the right gardening attitude.
We
can easily create lists of plants that butterflies love. Consider
planting Asters, Joe-Pye weed, Black-eyed Susans, Lantana, Butterfly
Bush, Butterfly Weed, Liatris, Pentas, Coreopsis and Purple
Coneflowers. These are gorgeous plants and butterflies will flock to
them in large numbers.
Gardeners can easily provide water by
soaking the ground in an area next to favourite plants or by having
small dishes/birdbaths with water in the garden. By providing water,
you’ll attract butterflies. If you have a small pond, lay a stick on
the edge so one end is in the water and one end on the shore. This will
provide an easy entranceway for both butterflies and frogs. It also
looks more realistic than bare edged ponds.
And finally, we need
to create a gardening attitude that says that in order to get those
gorgeous butterflies, we need to feed the caterpillars that hatch out
to be butterflies. It is OK to plant specific plants these immature
insects require and it is OK if they chew them up. You have to have
food in your garden for all phases of this creature if you want to
attract them. The tip is to plant the following plants at the back of
the garden so you wont’ see the damage. Plant Wild Asters, Clover,
Hollyhocks, Lupines, Mallows, Marigolds, Milkweed, Nettles and
Thistles, Parsley, Passionflower (in baskets) Plantain, Snapdragons,
Sorrel, Turtlehead and Violets.
About the Author: Doug Green, award winning garden
author of 7 books, answers gardening questions in his free newsletter
at http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com
Gardening for butterfly’s
Easy Butterfly Gardening: Three Tips for Success
Butterfly gardens require several things to be successful: plants, water, and the right gardening attitude.
We
can easily create lists of plants that butterflies love. Consider
planting Asters, Joe-Pye weed, Black-eyed Susans, Lantana, Butterfly
Bush, Butterfly Weed, Liatris, Pentas, Coreopsis and Purple
Coneflowers. These are gorgeous plants and butterflies will flock to
them in large numbers.
Gardeners can easily provide water by
soaking the ground in an area next to favourite plants or by having
small dishes/birdbaths with water in the garden. By providing water,
you’ll attract butterflies. If you have a small pond, lay a stick on
the edge so one end is in the water and one end on the shore. This will
provide an easy entranceway for both butterflies and frogs. It also
looks more realistic than bare edged ponds.
And finally, we need
to create a gardening attitude that says that in order to get those
gorgeous butterflies, we need to feed the caterpillars that hatch out
to be butterflies. It is OK to plant specific plants these immature
insects require and it is OK if they chew them up. You have to have
food in your garden for all phases of this creature if you want to
attract them. The tip is to plant the following plants at the back of
the garden so you wont’ see the damage. Plant Wild Asters, Clover,
Hollyhocks, Lupines, Mallows, Marigolds, Milkweed, Nettles and
Thistles, Parsley, Passionflower (in baskets) Plantain, Snapdragons,
Sorrel, Turtlehead and Violets.
About the Author: Doug Green, award winning garden
author of 7 books, answers gardening questions in his free newsletter
at http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com
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