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your area by careful selection of their food plants.
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them in the ground to stop them spreading out of
ch as
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marigolds
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flowers.
will help
susta
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to provide right through the year
Bei
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bluebel
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lies
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flowers
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lilac,
corn
spots. Ivy will provide enough winter nectar for them
an id
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ld
Some caterpillars eat common native grasses, but only
be
flowers
, thyme
aisies,
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d
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ly
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, buddle
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plant
ven jus
t a patio
, as you

od re
to hand over part of your garden to nature by letting of flowers
ason
e
,

a
is
s
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w
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i
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Try to plant so that there are nectar producing flowers
wild
pots
flow

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fu
rs
ll
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.
of butterfl
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ting
everything grow wild and untouched.
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throughout the year as separate types of butterfly
t
re wide
ly availa
ble.
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caterpillars,
eful
most
butterfl
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rge from


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emerge during different months. The butterfly season
g
of whic
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little The bigger the selection of nectar
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inds.
flower

flittering
summe
r
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wer to
anyone
'
the
e, b s he
caterpillars
ut as al
l vegeta
ble gard
eners k
now
art, and
this q
g
u
h
o
-producing plants you t
runs from about March to November
c
. For spring
include in your garden, the more varieties of butterfly
t

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to
b
g
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l

a
R
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.
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H
en
Heinlein

a
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de
of the Cabbage
White butterfl
y
onstrate
s th
.
pansies, sweet William and honesty are ideal, while late
R
va
a
s you will attract and in greater numbers too. Other
these i
e differe
nt dime
nsion
summer and autumn plants such as chrysanthemums,
th
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fo
flowers that are irresistible to butterflies are chives,
e
o
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are self
forget-me-nots and French marigolds will help sustain
lavender, lilac, honeysuckle, Michaelmas daisies,
© 2009
Rose H
enfrey
the population.
cornflowers, thyme and, of course, buddleia. The
buddleia’s common name is Butterfly Bush with good
Being native insects, their preferred food is naturally
reason, as when in full bloom of flowers will be literally
native wild flowers such as bluebells, dandelions,
covered with butterflies and insects of all kinds.
primroses, purple loosestrife and clover. If you have the
space then planting a wildflower meadow would be an
And don’t forget moths! Many moths are just as
ideal solution and would also encourage many other
attractive as butterflies and there are more species to
kinds of wildlife. But don’t despair if you only have a
look out for. Moths love night scented flowers such as
tiny garden or even just a patio, as you can plant pots
jasmine and night-scented stock.
full of butterfly-attracting wildflowers. These seeds are
widely available.
Graceful butterflies flittering from flower to flower
during the summer is a sight to gladden anyone’s
We all know that butterflies emerge from caterpillars,
heart, and this quote by R.H. Heinlein demonstrates
most of which cause little damage, but as all vegetable
the different dimension these insects provide,
gardeners know the caterpillars of the Cabbage White
“Butterflies are self propelled flowers”.
butterfly can devastate your crop in a very short time.
Rather than use pesticides on the food plants, cover
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