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Live Butterflies Before Your Eyes


patio or small clearing of lawn, surrounded with beds or containers planting areas filled with nectar and larval foods, would be ideal.

Butterflies are Wonderful

Remember to take time to watch the butterflies in your garden. Young and old alike thrill to observe the mysteries of nature as the beautiful butterflies thrive and multiply right before your very eyes.

But you don't have to take it all from me, here is a wonderfully detailed article on this very subject, The Cottage Garden -- A Haven for Butterflies from the Butterfly Gardeners Quarterly.

More Links to Butterfly Gardening Information

  • Smithsonian Institution Butterfly Garden Make sure to scroll down and explore all 8 sections, lots of good information here.

  • Butterfly Gardening Guide includes rich lists of nectar and larval food sources among widely adapted flowers and woody plants and suggestions for design.

  • How to Make Butterfly Gardens shortlist from the Entomologists at University of Kentucky

  • Enjoy A Butterfly Moth and Hummingbird Garden complete with sample garden plans for moist areas, shady areas or using native plants. (DNR Minnesota)

  • Basics of Butterfly Gardening

  • Butterfly Gardeners Quarterly selected articles archived

  • Butterfly Q&A perfect for answering all those nitty gritty butterfly questions, provided by the

  • North American Butterfly Association

  • What is It? Butterflies of North America state by state, distribution maps, photo thumbnails and checklists

  • Florida Butterfly Gardening

  • Rick Mikula's well known Butterfly Website A big one, crammed with resources and sources for butterflies and supplies.

    ENJOY!

    The copyright of the article Live Butterflies Before Your Eyes in Cottage Garden is owned by Barbara M. Martin. Permission to republish Live Butterflies Before Your Eyes in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.

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