121. NCSU: ENT/ort-8 PLANTING A BUTTERFLY GARDEN 4H Entomology Insect Note 08 (ENT/ort-08) PLANTING A butterfly GARDEN butterflyGardening Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden by The Xerces Soc. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/4H/butterfly8.html

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service North Carolina State University 4-H Entomology Insect Note 08 (ENT/ort-08) PLANTING A BUTTERFLY GARDEN This note prepared by S. Bambara and J. Baker, Extension Entomologists. Butterflies are colorful and interesting insects that have long been the favorites of collectors. Today, there are fanciers who, rather than pin dead specimens, prefer to watch them flitter about in a natural setting. If you are among this group, there are several things you can do to attract a butterflies to your yard or garden. Butterflies have an excellent sense of smell. Use older varieties with more scent rather than hybrid varieties which may be milder in odor. Adult butterflies may live from two weeks to several months. Where do they go? Usually, butterflies lay eggs and become caterpillars that feed on a plant different from the one on which the adult feeds. These host plants can be weeds, or nearby trees, so you don't necessarily need to supply host plants. Only a few butterflies have a caterpillar which is actually a pest. One is the imported cabbageworm, which feeds on cabbage and broccoli-type plants. These can be controlled with nonchemical bacterial pesticide. Another is the black swallowtail caterpillar (parsleyworm) which feeds on parsley, dill, and carrots. However, they seldom eat enough to do significant damage. A water supply is not essential, but can serve as a resting spot for some to drink and obtain minerals. If you can't create a nice mud puddle, sink a container full of sand into the ground and keep it moist.

122. Home & Garden Television: Butterflies butterfly Garden Landscape Solutions Episode LSL207 More Projects». In this privacy. Creating a butterfly garden. Parrott http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_wildlife_butterflies/article/0,1785,HGTV_3653_139834

Site Shortcuts TV Specials Special Online Features Be on HGTV HGTV on Demand Calculators Make HGTV Your Start Page Quilt Block of the Month Needle Crafts Gardening Basics Mosaic Madness Faux Finishing Design Styles Entertaining Organizing About Us Site Map Homepage Program Guide Shows A - Z Decorating Remodeling ... Shop SEARCH GARDENING Books / Videos Bulbs / Seeds Cacti / Succulents ... Other Butterfly Garden Landscape Solutions : Episode LSL-207 In this landscape makeover, a bare backyard with no focal point or view becomes a flower-filled butterfly garden that also provides a little privacy. Before: The back corner of the yard is void of landscaping. It's a bare hill that blends into the neighbor's yard, with nothing of interest to look at and no privacy. The homeowners would like a space where they can sit and enjoy the view. REAL VIDEO After: A butterfly garden provides a relaxing getaway for the homeowners. Lattice panels act as a backdrop for the landscaping and lend a subtle sense of separation from neighbors. (Click for a video recap of the project.) The homeowners want a gathering place in their backyard for relaxation. They love to entertain and want the yard to look beautiful from the house and deck. Their special request is to have a garden that will attract butterflies. Landscape architect Sid Parrott does just that, creating a flower-filled area that will provide a lovely spot in which to linger. A covered swing, lattice panels, and a variety of perennials and shrubs give structure to the new area. As the new plantings mature, they will help add to the sense of privacy.

123. Home & Garden Television: Butterflies butterfly Garden in a Pot Grow It! Episode GRW304 More Projects », REALVIDEO Click here to watch a butterfly garden created in a pot. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_wildlife_butterflies/article/0,1785,HGTV_3653_137181

Site Shortcuts TV Specials Special Online Features Be on HGTV HGTV on Demand Calculators Make HGTV Your Start Page Quilt Block of the Month Needle Crafts Gardening Basics Mosaic Madness Faux Finishing Design Styles Entertaining Organizing About Us Site Map Homepage Program Guide Shows A - Z Decorating Remodeling ... Shop SEARCH GARDENING Books / Videos Bulbs / Seeds Cacti / Succulents ... Other Butterfly Garden in a Pot Grow It! : Episode GRW-304 Butterfly bush ( Buddleia , Zones 5-10) can grow quite tall up to 8 feet in the garden. Keep it compact with regular pruning. Rich in nectar, sea lavender ( Limonium , Zones 3-9) will attract adult butterflies to your garden. Blue fescue ( Festuca ovina 'Glauca,' Zones 3-9) is a favorite for caterpillars to munch on. Parsley (Zones 1-11) is another good choice for feeding caterpillars. Sweet alyssum ( Lobularia maritima ) is a beautiful, scented flower that butterflies love. REAL VIDEO Click here to watch a butterfly garden created in a pot. Butterflies are always welcome visitors in the garden. They fly in, sip a little nectar, then fly on. You can encourage them to stay, however, by growing plants that both butterflies and caterpillars like to eat. And now you can invite them onto the deck or patio as well. Make a container garden "restaurant" just for them! Here's how: Materials: a large container or pot at least 18" in diameter (a terra-cotta pot is used here)

124. Butterfly Garden Tips :: Green Nature :: butterfly Garden Tips. There are home. Two additional issues are worthmentioning with respect to creating a butterfly garden. First http://greennature.com/article586.html

@import url("themes/PostNuke/style/style.css"); Green Nature Jun 07, 2004 - 06:33 PM Green Nature Home Green Nature Photography Green Nature Travel Auction Aid ... Clip Art Search Index AIR Acid Rain Air Pollution Climate Change Ozone Depletion ... Whales Energy Issues Automobiles Biomass Hydropower Nuclear Power ... Wind Global Issues Africa Arctic Antarctica China ... Recycling Land Forestry GM Foods Mountains National Parks ... Organic Farming Water Coastal/Oceans Fresh Water Rivers Poll What is your favorite environment movie? A Civil Action Erin Brockovich China Sndrome Free Willy Gorillas in the Midst Silkwood The Day After Tomorrow Other Results Polls Votes: Comments: Butterfly Garden Tips There are a few simple rules to follow if you would like to invite butterflies to your garden or yard. Related Resources Tempting Butterflies Butterfly Home Up front, it's probably worth noting that butterflies have an eclectic type of diet. They enjoy both sweets (nectar) and less than sweet stuff that stem from sources other than nature (ok, they are attracted to urine and other types of wildlife excrement). If you are faint of heart and prefer a sanitary environment fear not. By far, nectar from colorful flowers, ranks highest on the butterfly pallet. Your family's choice of butterfly attracting flowers depends partially on your location and partially on the types of butterflies you'd like to invite to your home.

125. Grow A Butterfly Garden Grow a butterfly Garden Christine Dvornik. Step Two Choose a location foryour butterfly garden with good soil and plenty of direct sunlight. http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,67-24270,00.html

Grow a Butterfly Garden Christine Dvornik Age: Preschool and up Time: An afternoon or more Type of activity: Nature Arts and Crafts Your kids will watch in wonder as flowers that they've planted become home to colorful butterflies. Materials needed: Flowering plants or flower seeds Clean, empty milk carton Scissors Gardening tools A small garden plot, a few large planters, or windowboxes What to do: Step One: Butterflies like flowers that are fragrant, have large petals or blossoms, and require bright sunlight. These types of plants give butterflies easy access to their food: nectar from the flowers. Which flowers are best? Try giant swallowtail, prickly ash, swallowtail ash, violets, pansy, pearl crescent, asters, milkweed, ageratum, beebalm, bougainvillea, calendula, coneflower, dahlia, daylily, geranium, hibiscus, marigold, milkweed, snapdragon, yellow sage, and zinnia. Step Two: Choose a location for your butterfly garden with good soil and plenty of direct sunlight. Step Three: Make sure the garden soil is moist, then begin to plant your plants or seeds (see seed packets for directions). Keep in mind that groups of flowers are easier for butterflies to migrate to, so plant your flowers in bunches. Step Four: Lay some flat stones on the ground near your flowers. Butterflies will perch on the stones and bask in the sun.

126. Butterfly Gardens -- Luring Nature's Loveliest Pollinators To Your Yard butterfly Gardens Luring Nature s Loveliest Pollinators to Your Yard. DesigningGardens for Butterflies, by Alice Yarborough; Encyclopedia of Butterflies; http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/wildlife/handbooks/butterflies/

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