Backyard Gardens: Butterflies Everywhere



Backyard gardens can be tempting invitations to all sorts of wildlife. Armed with a bit of information and planning, you can be assured that lovely butterflies spot your welcome mat. If you would like them to be more than occasional guests, consider selecting plants or water vessels to provide for their basic needs: food, water sources, shelter and protection from predators. Happily, the very things they need can also add beauty for humans as well.

To form a picture of how your garden would look from a butterfly's-eye-view, consider doing some research on butterfly habitats to help you see your garden in the way that it will seem to different species of butterflies that live in your area. Many books about butterflies now contain sections about backyard gardens. You don't need to spend much to get started. From the standpoint of wildlife, rare or exotic plants are often no better.

Designing A Backyard Wildlife Haven

Maybe you have already seen some wildlife in your backyard garden. First, you should take an inventory of the plants in your backyard. You need to list them, attempt to identify them and decide which ones you are going to keep and which ones need to be replaced. Now do a bit of research to see if some are already butterfly pleasers. Generally, butterflies are seen only seasonally, but their life cycles continue all year around. This means that trees, shrubs and bushes, and many flowers are important to the garden plan as well. In each category, you will find choices that serve wildlife. Many are inexpensive and will require little care where you live.

As you do your reading, try to notice those varieties of each plant which are recommended for butterfly gardens. Both perennial and annual plants are cost effective ways to add color, increase interest and entice your winged friends. The right ones draw a variety of birds and bees, which are lively pollinators if you have fruit trees or a vegetable garden. Start gradually, by either replacing your least favorite plants or adding a few native species or even a wildflower mix to bare areas. Sharing your backyard with wildlife can be as simple as doing what you would do anyway, but making certain that each change has a wildlife benefit as well.

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