Butterflies are some of the most interesting and beautiful creatures on the earth that can catch attraction of everyone, including a two-year-old boy to a seventy-five-year-old women. This is the reason why most gardeners try to attract butterflies to their garden so that natural appeal of the garden is enhanced without many efforts.

A butterfly garden is an easy way to see more butterflies and to help them, as most of the natural butterfly habitats have been lost to activities of the humankind such as building roads, cutting trees etc. In order to bring butterflies to your garden, you just need to grow the plants the caterpillars like to eat, and plants that adult butterflies feed on.

Before we read any further, it is important for us to note that a butterfly garden can be of any size - a windox box or wild untended area on your property.

You now need to make a list of common butterflies and their preferred host plants, some of them are as follows:

1. Alfalfa butterfly - Alfalfa, clovers, and deerweed

2. Black swallowtail - Dill, parsley, fennel, and carrot

3. Painted Lady - Thistle, hollyhock, and sunflower

4. Red Admiral - nettle, false nettle, and pellitory

5. Viceroy Butterfly - willow, poplar, and apple

6. Mourning cloak - Willow, aspen, cottonwood, and elm

7. Buckeye - plantains, gerardias, toadflax, snapdragons, and false loosestrifes.

Once you have done your research and made related informed decisions, it is now time for you to which kinds of plants you need (how tall they grow, what conditions they thrive in, what they look like etc.). You can now check with your local greenhouse about getting these plants and flowers and do make it a point to find out which plants are annuals and perennials.

If you need more information on how to create a butterfly garden, do let us know by making a comment and we will help you in every possible way.

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If you have always home gardening but could not take it as a hobby, pasttime, or profession, here are some reasons why gardening is a good option for you.

A home garden reduces the carbon foot print and global warming. Though your home garden’s contribution may be small but it would surely be a significant one.

Home gardening lowers the consumption and production of chemical fertilizers. It also gives a much-needed boost to chemical-free plants and vegetables.

Herbs, plants, flowers, and vegetables of your garden can significantly reduce your grocery and medical bills and you can always surprise your near and dear ones with fresh flowers coming straight out of your home garden.

Diet of home occupants gets improved with the introduction of home grown organic food that is harvested straight from the backyard.

Home garden enhances appeal of your home and this surely has an impact on the neighborhood and you can even encourage others to follow your hobby.

Quality time for the entire family is enhanced with all spending time sitting or chatting in the garden that leads to good interaction between one and all.

Your home garden can be a great source of information for young children who may be prompted to take gardening as a hobby, pasttime, or profession and your gardening ideas can be used by them during school, college, or university projects.

Young ones of the family take on good habits and would be spending less time on television, Internet, video games, and stay away from unhealthy eating and they would be more aware about the nature, recycling, and types of herbs, plants, and flowers.

Your family and garden would be making significant contribution in making the world greener and healthy.

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