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Gardening for "Flying Flowers"
If you want to attract butterflies -- or "flying flowers" -- to your garden, you'll want to read this article! You will learn about the four life stages of butterflies and how you as a gardener can create a habitat that butterflies can't resist.
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"Flying Flowers" are Out and About!
The return of butterflies in the summer is an enchanting sight, and truly gives butterfly gardeners a warm, fuzzy feeling. Read about some summer favorites that are found in gardens, meadows, and along roadsides!
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Hibernation Boxes: Do Butterflies Use Them?
Do butterflies really use "hibernation boxes" or "butterfly houses?" Read this article to find out what some wildlife experts say about this question. Also, read comments and experiences others have shared about this controversial subject.
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Plant a Pub to Please "Flying Flowers"
Planting a colorful "butterfly pub" can be a fun project and will attract flocks of "flying flowers!" Read about some great nectar-rich flowers that will thrive in a butterfly pub container and also brighten up your deck or patio. Containers can be placed wherever you prefer, or moved from place to place. Their versatility makes them a great gardening option.
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Spring: New Life for Butterflies and Gardens!
Spring is a time of renewal and new life for both butterfly gardens and butterflies. Perennial flowers, bulbs, shrubs and trees of every variety that rested during the cold days of winter are again springing to life. New generations of many species of butterflies are winging their way northward, eager to find appropriate homes to safely rear the next generation of their species. 'Tis the season to get your butterfly gardens a-bloom to greet these magical "flying flowers!"
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Butterfly Gardening in the Ozarks with Wildflowers
Butterfly and hummingbird gardening with wildflowers. Nectar sources for butterflies and hummers. Host plants for caterpillars.
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Come Wine and Dine with My "Flying Flowers"
Summer has finally arrived! It's time for the butterfly gardener to enjoy the wonder and delight of watching magical "flying flowers" come to wine and dine! It's also time for the gardener to take a small respite from gardening tasks. I invite you to enjoy a "virtual" stroll with me as I show you the results of just a few of my spring gardening efforts.
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Create a Butterfly and Hummer Pole Garden!
Learn how to create a colorful, blooming "pole garden" to attract hummingbirds and butterflys to your backyard. It's easy, it's fun, and both hummers and flying flowers will love it!
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Who's Hanging Out In Your Flower Garden?
Identifying butterflies that are more attracted to certain flowers than others can be helpful in planning your butterfly garden. You will marvel at the beauty of the "flying flowers" as you follow the links to their exquisite photographs in this article. Feel free to join in or begin a discussion about this article if you have questions or comments. Enjoy!
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Butterfly Watching: Up Close and Personal
A delightful tour of two butterfly conservatories. Look a butterfly in the eye, watch them fly with gossamer wings in lush indoor habitats, and photograph them imbibing nectar.
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Our Heavenly Haven for Butterflies and Hummers
Planting a butterfly and hummingbird garden is well worth the effort, especially when everything seems to burst into bloom at once. This article will give you a small glimpse of a few flowers, trees, and shrubs we've planted in our yard over a ten-year period. Many of our flowers are in full bloom this month, and have already attracted a variety of butterflies and a hummingbird or two to our little piece of Heaven on earth. Enjoy!
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Attracting Painted Ladies...Butterflies, That Is!
Attracting Painted Lady, American Painted Lady, or West Coast Lady butterflies to flower gardens isn't difficult. Learn the differences between these gorgeous "painted ladies" and what their nectar and host plant preferences are. This will help you select appropriate flowers to plant for their dining pleasure. Planting their favored host plants will also assure their caterpillars of a place to bed and board -- a critical aspect of butterfly gardening.
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Autumn: A Welcome Respite for Me and My Garden!
Autumn brings with it a riot of colors to gardens. Perennials know it's time to rest for the winter. Butterflies have either migrated to warmer climes or taken shelter elsewhere until spring. A brief respite from gardening tasks is also welcomed by many avid gardeners in the autumn--including me!
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Diversity: The Key to Successful Butterfly Gardening
There is more to be considered than merely planting a few pretty flowers if you’re really serious about butterfly gardening. Your ultimate goal should be to provide a healthy natural habitat for the butterflies indigenous to your area. Read about how to create a diversified butterfly habitat in your backyard!
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Help Bring Back the Butterflies!
How gardeners can help restore the world's butterfly population by planting new butterfly gardens with nectar source plants, or help restore native butterfly habitats.
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IPM Leads Way in Controlling Garden Pests!
Learn how, why, and when to use the "Integrated Pest Management" (IPM) approach to help control pests and diseases that plague your gardens. Butterfly and hummingbird gardeners will want to pay special attention to the four basic concepts of the IPM approach.
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June is in Bloom! Come to My Garden Party!
A burst of early flowering perennials attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and a host of happy buzzing bees to gardens. Everyone is invited to my early summer garden party. I'll be escorting you on a colorful tour of some of my favorite perennials in my various garden areas. They have truly outdone themselves this spring and early summer, and are blooming profusely.
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One Butterfly and Hummer Gardener's Success Story!
A delightful interview with a dedicated butterfly and hummingbird gardener awaits you in this article. Read how she has successfully attracted both of these exquisite "Jewels of the Sky" to her backyard habitat.
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Sulphur Butterflies Bring Sunshine to Gardens!
Clouded and Cloudless Sulphur butterflies are attracted to many lovely flowers that are easy to include in your butterfly garden. Learn a bit about these sunny "flying flowers" and their favorite habitats, nectar sources, and host plants.
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What Butterflies Need Besides Nectar
Besides nectar, some butterflies need certain minerals which are found in "puddles" or standing water. In addition, they need warm basking areas as well as shelter and cover from predators. Gardeners can help provide these few simple needs for butterflies with very little effort, thereby attracting more flying flowers to their flower gardens.
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Leave Some Fall Garden Litter for Butterflies!
Where do some of your familiar garden butterflies go at summer's end? Not all escape to warmer climes as the Monarchs do. To learn a bit about some butterflies that have secret "hidey" places right in your own back yard, this article will give you some answers.
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Monarchs' Winter Habitat Loss Looms in Mexico!
Conservationists and monarch experts recently warned of a critical crisis facing monarch butterflies. Research over a 28-year study period shows that degradation of vital conserved areas of forests in Mexico, where monarchs have overwintered for milleniums, has decreased by almost 90%. Also read about a team of concerned international groups are working together to help solve this imminent crisis.
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Potpourri to Attract Pretty Butterflies!
Butterflies are already migrating north from their southern overwintering habitats. A brand new generation will soon be seeking nectar for energy and host plants on which to lay their fragile eggs. Plant a potpourri of nectar and host plants early to attract them to your garden.
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How to Make a Butterfly Garden for Kids
Butterflies fascinate kids and grownups. Children learn many lessons from observing these "flying flowers". Let these charming insects teach your kids about pollination,
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Inestimable Numbers of Monarchs Die in Mexico
Millions of Monarch butterflies froze to death in their overwintering grounds in Mexico during February, 2002 following an unusually severe winter storm. Links in this article will take you to several photographs where you will see massive piles of dead Monarchs that resemble gigantic piles of gray, dead leaves.
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Plant Some Aromatic Herbs To Attract Butterflies!
Planting a variety of aromatic herbs will attract many butterflies to your garden. Read about which herbs certain butterflies will seek out as "host plants" for their baby caterpillars.
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Cater To Those Monarch Caterpillars!
Learn both why and how to cater to caterpillars to attract the magical Monarch butterfly to your back yard. Female Monarchs are very particular about selecting only one specific host plant on which to lay their eggs, or their baby caterpillars will starve. As a butterfly gardener, you can help them out by planting some of the Monarch's host plants in your flower garden.
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: State Butterfly of Georgia!
The state of Georgia officially designated the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as their state butterfly on April 4, 1988. Three other southern states later followed suit by naming the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as their official state butterfly. Learn more about this beautiful butterfly and its nectar and caterpillar host plant needs. You will be doing your part to help swallowtails and other butterfly species to survive by planting nectar-rich flowers and host plant sources in your garden!
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Flowering Vine Arbors to Attract Hummingbirds!
Planting a "flowering arbor" to attract more hummingbirds is my new backyard hummingbird habitat project for Spring 2001! Read about some of the different flowering vines you can plant to attract more of these jewels of the sky to your backyard.
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Heavenly Borders To Allure Hovering Hummers!
Attracting hummingbirds by planting tall border plants with blossoms rich in nectar is a great option for gardeners. Read about some striking border flowers that offer both beauty for your garden and nectar for your "jewels of the sky."
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Flowers As Seen Through the Eyes of A Butterfly
Read a charming fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen about a single butterfly who wished for a bride and searched for her amongst the flowers. This short story precedes a vital introduction to my next two articles that will depict the critical need to retain and/or restore the rapidly disappearing habitats of both <b>Karner Blue</b> and <b>Nabokov Blue</b> butterflies.
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Blooming Butterflies in Columbia, South Carolina
Embed with butterflies to experience their behaviors and world view.
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The Carolina Children's Garden
The Carolina Children's Garden in Columbia, South Carolina provides a retreat for families to connect with nature, each other, and eco-challenges facing homeowners.
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Happy Mother's Day from Paris
Paris is known as the "Gateway to Magazine Mountain" tallest mountain in Arkansas. Magazine is home of an almost extinct butterfly and snail. Paris is the county seat of Logan County. Logan County has a record of history, both before and after the civil war.
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Plan Now for Next Year's Garden!
Planning ahead for the next year's garden is a key fall activity.
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Tubular Blossoms Hummers Love to Sip From
Some exciting, easy to grow shrubs that produce tubular flowers which are great for attracting hummingbirds to backyard habitats.
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Attracting Beneficial Insects
Organic gardeners need to attract beneficial insects to control the pest bugs commonly found in flower and vegetable gardens. I explain which insects control which pests and how to attract them.
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Creating a Hummingbird Haven
Planning and planting a hummingbird garden. Selecting appropriate nectar plants to attract hummingbirds.
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Hints to Keep Hummingbirds Hovering!
Hummmingbirds need a constant supply of high calorie fuel to keep their little engines running. Read about how you can best help supply them with the instant energy fuel they need when summer flowers begin to fade.
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It's A Hummer! A Bumble Bee? No! A SPHINX MOTH!
Have you ever been fooled by a "hummingbird imposter" in your flower garden? If you aren't sure, you may be surprised to learn that what you thought was a hummingbird was really a sphinx moth!
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Which &quot;Hosts&quot; Will YOUR Butterflies Prefer?
Planting the appropriate "larval host plants" is critical to successful butterfly gardening. Different species of butterflies require different host plants on which to lay their eggs. Learning which butterfly species reside in your particular area is the key to which host plants to grow in your garden.
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An Analogy: Butterflies and Easter
An analogy of the three stages of the butterfly's life and the Christian celebration of Easter. Read about some of the interesting myths, symbolisms, and legends that have evolved over the centuries about butterflies!
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Beneficial Insects: A Boon to Butterflies and Gardeners!
Introducing "beneficial insects" into your garden will help decrease harmful and destructive garden pests while increasing the butterfly and hummingbird population. This in turn will help to restore and enhance Mother Nature's worldwide ecosystem.
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Create a &quot;Living Nectar Screen&quot; for Hummers!
Create a unique "living nectar screen" for your hummers! Planting climbers on both sides of free standing dividers will produce masses of color and foliage, and also provide your hummingbirds with a steady diet of nectar from early spring through late fall.
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Heavenly Hanging Hummer Baskets!
Create striking hanging baskets to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to your deck or patio. Easy to follow directions and other tips for making moss-filled wire baskets, along with a list of great plants to fill them!
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Herbs for My Hummers!
Planting flowering herbs as hummingbird attractants and nectar sources in backyard flower gardens.
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Hummers Adore Bright Flowering Vines!
Looking for something unique that will attract more hummingbirds to your garden? To create a superb visual focal point for both you and your hummers, why not plant some lush, colorful flowering vines? Both you and your hummers will be delighted with the results!
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Hummingbird &quot;Feeder&quot; Tips for Gardeners
Great tips about how to properly use hummingbird feeders in your back or front yard garden. Feeders can be used either as an "artificial" nectar source in addition to natural nectar from your flowers, or as an alluring attractant for hummingbirds.
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My Special Appointment With Spring!
Springtime is just around the corner! My garden has been working hard for me underground as I've wiled away winter reading gardening magazines and books and dreaming about spring. The time is now upon me to pitch in and do MY part to help my butterfly and hummingbird garden thrive. It is finally "seedtime and budtime" again, and I'm excited!
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Larry's Perennial Violet Tour
The first guest article by Larry Gnome, and in it he tells us all about pansies and their more diminutive cousins the VIOLAS. Many are fully hardy and mostly perennial and make a very nice addition to early spring, summer and fall gardens.
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