Butterfly Gardening

Butterfly gardening on a balcony is not hard. In fact, it is so simple that it is a perfect family project including even the youngest kids. How can you get started on your butterfly-friendly balcony today?

Gardening tips for creating a beautiful butterfly garden.

Butterfly gardens in Tennessee are in Memphis and Chattanooga. Visiting either is a fun addition to any vacation. Children and adults will enjoy visiting the gardens. Butterflies can capture the short attention spans of kids and delight adults.

Starting a themed garden is easy, fun, and maybe even a little inspirational, too.

This tells you about the exhibits in the Dancing Wing Butterfly Garden and gives contact information if you want to visit.

Texas Discovery Gardens hosts many gardening events and educational programs for Dallas, Texas gardeners.

Preplanned gardens are very popular and very attractive. Here's some of the best preplanned gardens for 2011.

To attract the beautiful Common Buckeye butterfly to your winter butterfly garden, make sure to plant colorful snapdragons, twinflower and Carolina wild petunia.

Making a butterfly garden can be fun and rewarding.The different butterflies you will attract through gaining the knowledge of what species are in your area.

Observing a Spicebush Swallowtail in my butterfly garden was an exciting moment as the Spicebush enjoyed nectar from a Sapphire Showers bush and then hid in its host plant, a Red Bay tree. How to attract the Spicebush with beautiful green colorings.

Gaillardia or blanket flowers look beautiful with their fall colors of orange, red and yellow. Blanket flowers, named after the native American blankets with bright colors, attract butterflies as a nectar plant. They are great in dried arrangements.

This article provides you with an overview of perennials that will bring butterflies to your Houston, Texas garden. Planting tips are included.

Razzle dazzle your neighbors with the dwarf Crape Myrtle or plant a full-size Crape Myrtle as a small ornamental tree in your Southern garden. Find out the best practices for planting and caring for a Crape Myrtle -- without committing "crepe massacre."

If you don't have the time to tend a vegetable garden you might like to try a butterfly garden. Just a few plants along with some interesting garden rocks or lawn decorations makes a beautiful addition to any garden.

They're colorful, peaceful places where butterflies congregate on sunny days. Here are the steps you need to follow to make your own butterfly garden.

Attract the five most angelic white butterflies to your butterfly garden. Find out how to spot the difference between the Great Southern White, Florida White, Checkered White and others.

Start a butterfly garden today by planting the purple passionvine or "Maypop" with fruits that "may pop" when crushed. The Zebra Longwing loves the purple passionvine in the shade, while Gulf Fritillary frequents the passionevine in the full sun.

Use pinks in your butterfly garden to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Find out about the best flowers, shrubs and trees for a "pink zone" in your yard.

Attracting the Red Admiral Butterfly to your backyard butterfly garden can be tricky. The flying flower with its erratic flight pattern likes more than just nectar from flowers. Here are 10 tips to attract the black and orange beauty.

Blue Porterweed attracts enough butterfly visitors to fill up a 500-page guest book. A lot of people are fooled into purchasing the exotic version instead of the native plant.

Banana Lantana, named for its pale yellow flowers, attracts beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and skippers. Also called Pineland Lantana, this lantana is not invasive but is endangered and native to the Florida pine rocklands.

In Illinois, spring planting usually begins around May 15, when the average date of the last frost for this area has passed. Find garden tips for using recyclable products, soil preparation, plant selection, and caring for a garden.

Container butterfly gardens add color and movement to your yard. Learn how to make a care-free garden to attract butterflies to your yard.

A guide to botanical gardens to visit on the West Coast of Florida.

Plant these easy to grow sun-loving flowers in butterfly gardens to add color and dimension to your yard.

Butterfly gardening is growing in popularity. Butterfly gardening is when you plant certain flowering plants in your yard or garden with the sole purpose of attracting butterflies.