My Flowers Live » Butterfly Gardens http://www.myflowerslive.com Just Wild About WildFlowers and Information and Resources about Them!!! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= en hourly 1 BUTTERFLY GARDENS http://www.myflowerslive.com/butterfly-gardens/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/butterfly-gardens/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:35:05 +0000 JB http://www.gardening-adventures.com/blog/butterfly-gardens/ Different species of butterflies have different preferences of nectar, in both colors and tastes. A wide variety of food plants will give the greatest diversity of visitors. Try staggering wild and cultivated plants, as well as blooming times of the day and year. Groups of the same plants will be easier

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]]> http://www.myflowerslive.com/plant-butterfly-garden-in-april-and-may/feed/ 0 Plants That Will Bring on the Butterflies http://www.myflowerslive.com/plants-that-will-bring-on-the-butterflies/ http://www.myflowerslive.com/plants-that-will-bring-on-the-butterflies/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:52:47 +0000 JB http://www.gardening-adventures.com/blog/plants-that-will-bring-on-the-butterflies/ Want to turn your landscape into a place that butterflies love to visit?  Plant a variety of colorful bushes and shrubs known to attract the beautiful-winged creatures.

Butterfly bush, or Budleia davidii, is a favorite.

“Butterfly bush can be planted statewide any time of the year,” said

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