Butterfly Gardening
It's easy to plant things that will attract them. The list is long and includes a range of annuals, perennials, wildflowers and shrubs--butterfly bush, bee balm, daisy, coneflower, coreopsis, mint, phlox, verbena, ... [... more]
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Mosaic And Glass Butterfly Bath
6. Find the middle of the bowl and place the center orb for reference. Do not glue in place yet. Using ceramic tile adhesive, start gluing marbles around the center orb in circles, creating a starburst pattern. Sand ... [... more]
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Beckoning Butterflies
Provide plant diversity. Luckily, many home gardens already beckon adult butterflies. That's because butterflies are attracted to common annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs such as aster, abutilon (flowering ... [... more]
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Nectar Sources For Butterflies
These varieties draw adult butterflies and most grow nationwide. However, there are many more plants that supply food for adult butterflies. If you need additional suggestions, check out the native plants that grow ... [... more]
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Larval Host Plants
These plants are popular with butterflies: the foliage and flowers are a refuge in which to lay eggs, and the young caterpillars can feed on the leaves. There are many more larvae-friendly plants that host butterfly ... [... more]
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Attracting Birds And Butterflies
Perennial flowers that come back year after year are a great long-term habitat for hummingbirds. Many species of native Penstemons offer a rainbow of colors, all of which are hummer favorites. Equally as appealing ... [... more]
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Flying Cats But No Grass
Benches and chairs beckon visitors to sit and enjoy the surroundings. Or visitors can view the most unusual feature of the yard, a mural on the back of the garage featuring two three-dimensional cats flying above a ... [... more]
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Butterfly Garden
A special host plant: The caterpillar of the monarch butterfly eats only the leaves of the butterfly weed, so you'll want to plant some butterfly weeds in your garden to make certain these butterflies have a food ... [... more]
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Where The Wild Things Are
Large tracts of property in rural areas are almost always wildlife habitats without any help from the owners. Joellen Dimond, the horticulturist in charge of landscaping at the University of Memphis, decided to ... [... more]
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Backyard Wildlife Garden
Add some form of water to your wildlife sanctuary. "If you can add water to your backyard, in addition to all your plantings, you can essentially double the amount of wildlife you get," says Henderson. "If you can ... [... more]
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Flyers Of Fancy
If you're especially fond of hummingbirds and butterflies, you can place particular plants in your garden that will urge these creatures to pay a visit. Lots of plants make good candidates for attracting these winged ... [... more]
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Consider The Milkweed
The genus Asclepias includes some of our most interesting and ecologically useful native plants. I look forward each July to the brilliant splashes of orange butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) that dot our open ... [... more]
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