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Wildlife gardening - attract butterflies
On May 20, 8:48*am, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-05-20 07:52:54 +0100, "Bob Hobden" said: "Sacha" *wrote *Mike stone said: I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. I'm looking forward to looking through the older posts to see what discussions have been going on. I've been working on creating a wildlife garden to attract birds and animals to my urban back garden. What flowers to people recommend to attract butterlfies? *Many thanks in advance. Kind regards, Buddleias are probably the best known. *They like Sedums and Eupatorium atropurpurea drives them mad. Also good are Marjoram and Origano, herbs that are good for the kitchen and will be covered in Butterflies and Bees of all descriptions. Trim them with garden shears in the early spring. *Even Thyme and Rosemary will attract lots of Bees especially Bumbles and best to just let them grow. And I noticed yesterday afternoon that the Alliums 'Globemaster' were covered in bumble bees and honey bees. *It's worth planting them for that reason alone, even if they weren't so gorgeous! -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I always think that Budleija is very over rated, I'd plant open centred flowers like Single and collerette Dahlias, they will keep the insects and butterflys feeding from end of July till the frosts come, much longer than budleija, also the everlasting flowers Helichrysums and Statice will be covered in feeding insects and butterflys, they will be fighting to get at the flowers, easy to grow from seed sown direct, and you still have time. David Hill |
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Wildlife gardening - attract butterflies
In article , Sacha
writes And butterflies love Verbena bonariensis also. So do I (although personally it isn't for the nectar) -- regards andyw |
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