Re: Butterfly Garden
- Subject: Re: Butterfly Garden
- From: H* B*
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 14:08:00 +1000
Hi Jaime
i am in Victoria Australia and would love to have that list of butterfly
attracting plants - what is backchannel??? does it mean you email me
direct???
have just had it from they who want the garden that it is to be even larger
so HELP.....
thanks
Hazel
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> From: jaime <jknoble@warwick.net>
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Butterfly Garden
> Date: Monday, 8 April 2002 5:42
>
> Hi Hazel,
> You don't say where you are, geographically speaking. That will
> make a difference. I have a rather extensive list of
butterfly-attracting
> plants that I'd be happy to share with you; backchannel would most
> likely be best due to it's size.
>
> You will get far more species if you provide the larval (host) plants as
> well as the nectar-producing plants that feed the adults. Adults will
> find your garden by happenstance rather than considering it their
> "home" ground.
>
> There is one point you may want to consider as you design this:
> flowers that attract butterflies also attract many, many other
> pollinators ~ e.g., bees, wasps, et al. It's one of those things where
> you can't have one without the other.
>
> In addition to plants, a mud flat of mineral-rich material (like clay)
> attracts numerous species, as does an offering of rotting fruit. (They
> seem to be especially fond of bananas.)
>
> best,
> jaime
>
> On 4 Apr 2002, at 14:31, Hazel Bartlett-Griffiths wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I wonder if you can give me some suggestioons - nice ones now!!
> > I am in the throws of making a garden for Disabled children -
supposidely a
> > Sensory Garden.
> > But while thinking about it have decided it would be really great to
> > attract as many butterfly's into the garden as possible. As one border
can
> > be as wide as I like - up to 10 feet and it is about 120 metres long my
> > options can be wide and varied.
> > So suggestions please - have already started another disabled unit
potting
> > up buddlea's or butterfly bushes.
> > thanks in anticipation
> > Hazel
> >
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