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Setting up backyard gardens is the surest way to
invite butterflies into your home. If you happen to
have a big space at the back of your home, it would
be a good idea for you and your family to start planning
for your backyard gardens. Buy some books and magazines
about backyard gardens to help you and your family
to design your gardens in such a way that it will
look inviting to different species of butterflies.
Designing Your Backyard Gardens
There are many things that you need to consider when
designing your backyard garden. First, you need to
take into consideration the present condition of your
backyard. If you backyard already have existing plants,
you need to take an inventory of the plants and decide
which ones you are going to keep and which ones have
to go.
The second thing that you need to consider when designing
your backyard garden is your budget. You need to ask
yourself how you can afford to spend on your backyard
garden. To know how much money you can spare for your
garden, check your monthly income and savings against
your usual monthly expenses. Make sure that you do
not drain your finances just to make your backyard
garden look beautiful. Yes, a beautiful backyard garden
is important but you don't really have to go broke
just to create a lovely picture at the back of your
home.
The third thing that you need to consider when designing
your backyard garden is the type of plant that you
need. If you want to invite butterflies into your
garden, you need to use plants that are attractive
to butterflies. Some plants that are attractive to
butterflies are milkweed, aspen, chokecherry, dill,
parsley, marigold, aster, lilac, cottonwood, pansy,
clover and others. To attract a variety of butterflies
into your backyard, try planning different types of
plants. Add native plants into your list of planting
materials. Native plants are good at attracting species
of butterflies that are endemic in your area.
Nothing signals the coming of spring more than butterflies
flitting through your yard. Watching them waltz from
flower to flower can bring endless pleasure. If you
want to entice more of these colorful guests to your
yard, consider planting a butterfly garden. A butterfly
garden that is planned and planted correctly will
bring a wide variety of butterflies to your yard year
after year.
Butterfly Gardens Are Diverse
There are many types of butterflies in the world and
each type prefers specific flowers to gain nutrients,
lay their eggs, and feed their young. If you want
your butterfly garden to attract many different kinds
of butterflies, make sure that you plant many different
kinds of flowers. Scientists aren't sure why, but
they have found that certain color butterflies prefer
certain kinds of plants. Perhaps they are drawn to
like colors for their camouflaging abilities or perhaps
certain colored plants taste better to them than others.
Whatever the reason, you will see many different butterflies
in you butterfly garden, if you plant many different
plants.
Some wonderful plants to include in butterfly gardens
are coneflower, blackeyed susan, marigolds, butterfly
bush, lantana, hibiscus, verbena, lilacs, lavender,
and rosemary.
Butterfly Gardens Provide Shelter
There are butterfly predators in your neighborhood
and as a result, butterfly gardens should contain
suitable shelters for your winged friends. A butterfly
hutch is the perfect safe resting place for the butterflies
in your garden. You can purchase one at a local nursery
or even make one yourself. You can leave it plain
or decorate it in a whimsical fashion. The main things
to look for in a good butterfly hutch are slits that
are big enough to let the butterflies in but too small
for nasty predators to gain access and an interior
that contains pieces of bark for the butterfly to
nest on.
Butterfly Gardens Give Nourishment
If you want a butterfly garden that will attract many
butterflies and nourish your soul make sure you provide
food and water for the many butterflies that will
descend on your yard. Many of the flowers you plant
will provide nectar for your butterflies, but you
can also help nature along by providing feeders full
of sugar water. You can even leave out little bits
of sugar water in saucers scattered around your plants
or place a piece of over ripe fruit in your garden
to attract many butterflies. Butterflies also need
water, so placing a small birdbath in your garden
is a great idea.
About the Author
Cindy Heller is a professional writer. Visit one
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