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Designing A Butterfly Garden
Hege Crowton
Planting flowers and plants to attract butterflies to your garden
is a great way to add an additional element to your landscape.
Your garden is a great spot to relax in and adds beauty to your
landscape, but imagine how great it would be with colorful
butterflies flitting about among the flowers. Proper planning in
your garden can allow you to plant flowers and provide shelter
that will attract butterflies as well as enjoy all the regular
flowers that you love.
The design for your butterfly garden does not have to be anything
fancy. The butterfly cares more about what is planted than how
the garden is laid out so you are free to come up with a design
that is aesthetically pleasing to you and fits in with your
garden shape. Some things to consider when designing your garden
are the size of your garden and the types of flowers and plants
you want to grow. Pick a style of garden that you like and ensure
it contains the plants and flowers that appeal to the butterflies
you wish to attract.
Before you can choose your flowers, you need to decide which
types of butterflies you want to attract. In order to this you
should know what kinds of butterflies live in your area. You’ll
want to research which flowers and plants attract the species of
butterfly that are native to your area and that you want in your
garden.
One element of butterfly garden design that holds true for
designing any garden is to make sure you coordinate the colors
you select to plant in your flower beds. Butterflies don’t
really care much about color, but people do and you don’t want
your garden looking like a hodgepodge of unrelated colors and
textures which could create confusion to you and maybe even the
butterflies.
One method of designing a garden that is pleasing to the eye is
to draw a layout of the garden and plot out where each plant will
go then color in the areas where the plants will be. This will
give you somewhat of an idea of what the garden might look like
in full bloom.
For your garden you can mix and match colors or go with one color
palette. If you want a flashy garden, pick bright reds and
oranges. These flowers have a strong visual impact and really
show up against a green background. If you want a soothing look
to your garden then go with purples and blues -combine in some
whites to give it a fresh crisp look.
One other thing to think about when choosing a sport for your
butterfly garden is the location. You won’t want to pick a spot
that is too windy as this might not be the most attractive for
the butterfly. You also want to keep in mind the growing
conditions that they types of plants you are using require and
make sure your spot satisfies that. You can also provide some
butterfly houses for shelter and some water for your butterflies.
Some plants that butterflies are attracted to include: Milkweed
Honeysuckle Day Lilies Lavendar Yellow Sage Valerian Sunflower
Daisies Purple Coneflower Summer Lilac
Hege Crowton is an established expert copywriter. She is known
for doing in-depth research before writing her articles.
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