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i want to plant some plants to attract butterfies what can i use?

tam

By Tam

United Kingdom

I have only a small patch and it is next to my house




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Verbena bonariensis, Lavender, Origanum 'Herrenhausen', all attract butterflies in my garden. They all like a sunny position,

1 Mar, 2009

 

And sedum spectabile which flowers in autumn

1 Mar, 2009

 

Asters, Alliums, Honesty, Echinops, Echinacea, Liatris..

1 Mar, 2009

 

bergamot [Monarda] scabious, both perennial; virginia stock, alyssium, limnanthes [annuals] all do the job in my experience.

1 Mar, 2009

 

And of course the Budlia known as the butterfly bush!

2 Mar, 2009

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