Planting A Garden Requires The Correct Garden Design For Best Success

Dozens of Painted Ladies, Admirals, Monarchs, Tiger Swallowtails and Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies took turns fluttering around and landing on the cascading rainbow of colorful blossoms. It was an outstanding display of design and color. Planting a garden to achieve this kind of success requires some thought and planning. A good garden design if the first place to start. Planting a garden for butterflies, for example, requires a garden design with the correct mix of plants.

Planting A Garden To Attract Butterflies, For Example, Requires A Unique Garden Design And Mix Of Plants

Planting a butterfly garden that will attract these ‘flying flowers’ throughout the season requires planting a garden filled with plants that attract butterflies in your area. These plants should begin blooming in late spring when the butterflies migrate north and continue blooming through early autumn when they migrate south. This will require a variety of plant species. Your garden design should include plants that will encourage butterflies to lay eggs, promote the growth of larvae and feed the adult butterflies. You will also want to be careful not to use herbicides and other chemicals that will kill or repel these colorful insects. You might also want to consider using organic fertilizer instead of artificial fertilizers.

Successfully planting a garden to attract butterflies will give you tremendous pleasure and satisfaction all season long. The butterflies are beautiful and fun to watch as they harvest nectar and spread pollen from bloom to bloom. You will be amazed at the number of different types of butterflies that can be attracted with a good garden design. It is not uncommon to see 40 or 50 different species during the season.

When planting a garden to attract butterflies, be sure the garden design will allow you to take pictures. Capturing photographs of the butterflies is another fun hobby. The right garden design will give you space for camera and tripod and colorful backdrops for each shot of the Pipevine Swallowtails, sulphurs and skippers that visit your backyard.

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