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| A sunny, outdoor planting area (a garden or a window box) Seeds or seedlings of selected plants Decorative stones or a brick path A shallow butterfly pool (either a depression in the dirt or a special "bath" or dish) Optional A butterfly house
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| One afternoon for planting nursery plants, or several weeks for raising the proper seedlings and creating a garden.
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If you plant it, they will come Attracting butterflies to your garden can increase its natural beauty and charm. It's also an excellent way to provide a home for threatened butterfly species. Providing a cultivated habitat for them counterbalances the ongoing destruction of their natural habitats. We'll show you what a garden needs to attract butterflies and how you can keep these delicate, beautiful insects coming back year after year.
Butterflies have an evolutionarily honed sense of smell and can detect nectar from miles away. When they sense the blossoming of a plant they thrive on, they will travel for hours to reach it. Their determination to feed on certain plants is so strong that hours after a butterfly-attracting plant blossoms, butterflies will be there to sup. This makes your job very easy. In fact, if you don't have a garden, you can attract butterflies to a window box by planting the right flowers.
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Build a Window Box
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Plant a Tree
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Prune Bushes and Small Trees
#0517
Repot a Houseplant