How Do You Make An Easy Butterfly Garden?
Butterflies are beautiful. Watching them fly around is awe inspiring. People flock to butterfly gardens to see these amazing creatures. There are simple steps that you can take to have one at your home. With a little bit of elbow grease, you will be seeing gorgeous butterflies in your yard in no time. Mix up your garden with a variety of flowers that bloom at different times. You could try a mixture of Aster, day lilies, Hibiscus, Marigolds, and Purple Cone flowers. Give female butterflies a place to lay their eggs. Milkweed will attract Monarchs and citrus trees and prickly ash will attract Swallowtails. Choose tubular shaped flowers that allow for a place for nectar to gather. Choose bright colored flowers that are orange , red, or pink. Yellow, purple, and white are less desirable colors. Attract male species. The like to congregate around rain puddles. You can make your own permanent puddle by burying a bucket in the ground up to the rim. The fill it with gravel or sand. After that