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Butterfly gardening

— Ann’s Butterfly Garden — Photos from a garden in Columbia, SC.
— Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening in West Virginia — West Virginia Wildlife: Butterflies and butterfly gardening in West Virginia.
— Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardening — Gardeners everywhere can help prevent the extinction of butterflies and hummingbirds by providing appropriate habitats for them. It is important to plant the flowers, shrubs, vines, and trees that will provide nectar for butterflies and host plants for their caterpillars. Planting bright colored tubular flowers rich in nectar will attract hummingbirds. Butterflies and hummingbirds play a vital roles in keeping our environment healthy through their natural pollination process.
— Butterfly Garden — Articles on butterfly gardens, butterfly plants, and attracting autterflies to your garden.
— Butterfly Gardeners’ Quarterly — A newsletter for gardeners and butterfly enthusiasts.
— Butterfly Gardening — Flying flowers or jewels of the sky are just two of the terms that have been used to describe the beauty and fascination that people have for butterflies. By following a few simple steps, you can attract these flying beauties to your garden.
— Butterfly Gardening And Butterflies Found In Pennsylvania — Butterfly Gift Shop — Butterfly gardening and butterflies found in Pennsylvania.
— Flying Flowers — All about butterfly gardening. Lists of garden plants, and how to grow them. Information on butterflies and how to attract them. How to raise caterpillars and butterflies.
— Gardening for butterflies — The idea of gardening for butterflies is not particularly new as naturalists have for centuries been fascinated by this colourful group of insects and the relationships they have with plants...
— How to make butterfly gardens — Different species of butterflies have different preferences of nectar, in both colors and tastes. A wide variety of food plants will give the greatest diversity of visitors. Try staggering wild and cultivated plants, as well as blooming times of the day and year. Groups of the same plants will be easier for butterflies to see than singly planted flowers.
— Milkweed Cafe’s Nature Site — Offers informational books about raising, celebrating with and gardening for butterflies, as well as live caterpillars, free butterfly e-cards.
— Richael’s Butterfly Garden — Offers butterfly garden expertise, butterfly photography, and butterfly habitat information.
— Smithsonian Butterfly Habitat Garden — An 11,000 square foot area that supports plant species having specific relationships to life cycles of eastern United States butterflies. It is located on the East side of the National Museum of Natural History at 9th Street between Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, DC.
— Some Great Plants for Attracting Butterflies in Central North Carolina — A true butterfly garden needs to have nectar sources for adults, host plants for larvae to feed on, and shelter, which can be provided by any number of plants.
— The Gardener’s Net Attracting Butterflies — Attracting butterlfies is fun and rewarding.