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The Plants That Attract Butterflies To Your Yard

Life is like a butterfly and if you would like to attract a flood into your garden, this is the post for you. Learn what you need to plant now.

Attracting butterflies to your garden is easy when you know how, and also very rewarding. These gorgeous critters will bring much joy but they favor the yards that include certain plants and flowers.

According to experts, it’s all about the layout of your garden. Once you set it up in the way that they love, you will be inundated.

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Attracting Butterflies To Your Garden Infographic

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This infographic from University of Illinois is an excellent place to start. It shows you what needs to be taken into consideration if you want to attract butterflies like magnets.

Butterflies and Caterpillars only eat from the Milkwood plants. They need a selection of trees and blooms and puddling areas to keep them happy and they are sun worshippers too.

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Milkweed For Monarchs

Native Plants are another favorite and be sure to avoid pesticides as they will harm your butterflies.

The above infographic from Tree Hugger shows you the different types of Milkwood and the regions that it can be found.

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Best Flowers For Attracting Butterflies

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As you can see from the Infographic above the best Flowers for attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds to your backyard.

Geraniums and Gladiolus as well as Oriental Lili’s and Dahlia’s are just a handful of the many pretty flowers that will do the trick.

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Create Your Own Monarch Waystation

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This infographic from Ringers Landscaping shows you how to set up your Butterfly Garden. You can see that they have used a combination of Swamp Milkweed and Butterfly Weed.

There are Black-Eyed Susans and Wild Bergamot too. In total, they have used 12 plantings in a very attractive way.

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These further photos of the project conducted on behalf of a client show the thoughtfulness that Ringers have put into the design.

It ties in beautifully with the landscape and adds a lovely feature.

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Flowers That Attract Butterflies

Menards has this excellent infographic that shows you the direction you should be heading with the blooms in your garden.

There are plenty of very pretty choices including Daisies, Dandelions, and Impatiens. Marigolds get the tick as does Catnip.

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Attracting Butterflies To Your Garden

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This chart from BHG is another good one and again shows you how you can create a lovely butterfly garden design that is pleasing to the eye. Be sure that you Pin for future reference.