A butterfly garden (or butterfly habitat) is a place dedicated for butterflies to feed and hydrate. It also helps butterflies find shelter, as many of their natural habitats are being lost due to human activities and urbanisation.
Certain plants are very good at attracting butterflies and moths, which helps with pollination. A well-made butterfly garden will easily attract these lovely creatures at every stage of their life cycle (egg, larva, pupa, and adult). Butterflies are most active during the height of the plant growth in spring and late summer.
The crucial aspect of a butterfly-friendly garden is to provide different flowers that attract them. Select nectar-producing flowers such as:
It’s also important to gather host plants for their caterpillars like:
Having these in your garden will definitely make it enticing to local butterflies. Consider also planting butterfly bush, oregano, milkweed and marigolds to increase the number of colourful visitors.
All butterflies like nectar plants but besides planting nectar-producing flowers, there are other ways to make butterfly food and make your garden an alluring spot for butterflies. Butterflies like to eat sugar from rotting fruit. Try making two different kinds of feeders and see if they attract different types of butterflies.
If you follow these simple steps to create your own butterfly garden, you will soon be noticing more frequent guests feeding on flowers or fruit, resting on stones, and puddling in water. Locate your butterfly garden so that you can observe it from your window or your patio.
Consider planting a circular butterfly garden and place a bench for hours upon hours of observation. You can start a journal or a photo gallery to capture the types of butterflies
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