Flowers and
Butterflies
The Perfect Combination
by The Garden Source Network
- Spring is coming
fast and with it the colors of the world come to life. The spring season is
not just a time for the gardens to bloom, but a season for the butterfly to
come to life as well. Your garden is an ocean of color and to keep this
ocean of color coming back in the spring, your use of perennial bulbs,
flowers, seeds, and shrubs will lessen tasks in the early spring.
Butterflies that add that complete 'special touch' to your gardens will
eagerly look for homes in your gardens if you can provide what it is they
are searching for. -
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So what are the colorful butterflies
searching for arriving at your garden? Flowers such as the Butterfly weed, the
New England aster, Blue false indigo, Cheddar pinks, Blanket flowers, Shasta
daisies, Garden phlox, Showy stonecrop, Orange cone flowers and the Red valerian
are a few of the most popular plants that butterflies will seek out. -
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In some areas butterflies will be
prevalent even if you are not planting the flowers or plants that attract
butterflies the most, but this in rare cases. What makes most gardeners seek the
addition of butterflies in the garden? The butterfly's grace, beauty, colors and
the quietness of the butterfly is what attracts many gardens to butterflies. The
butterfly moves through the garden, landing and taking off without ever really
disturbing any on flower at all. This small creature is a pleasant addition to
any area in the landscape. -
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The organic garden is the perfect place
for butterflies to relax. Chemicals and pest controls that you use in the garden
can affect and drive away butterflies from your garden. What you need to
remember when you are using chemicals in the garden is, if it is going to kill
the larvae, your butterfly population is going to decease significantly.
The butterfly will only reappear in your garden after hatching from the larvae
that is deposited in your garden. -
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Both fragrance and color are going to draw
the butterfly to your garden. The scent from the flower must be strong to
attract the butterfly. In planning a butterfly garden you will need to decide if
any variety of plant is correct for your own grow zone. While the butterfly bush
may be very successful in attracting butterflies, is it the correct plant for
your temperature and environment seasonally?-
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What exactly are butterflies going to live
off? Besides living off the nectar from the flowers their selves, the butterfly
also thrive off tree sap, animal droppings, fruit, and sweet vegetables in your
gardens. The size of the flower is never going to matter to the butterfly, only
the sweet fragrance and the color of the flower will. -
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Additional flowers that you can consider
for planting in the butterfly garden are the Butterfly bush, Liatris, Scaboisa,
Sunflower, Verbena, Zinnias, Marigolds, Cosmos, Black eyed Susan, Lavender and
Sage. Plan out your garden so the butterfly attracting plants are near the
center of the garden, leaving the butterfly feeling highly secure from the wind,
predators and even you!-
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