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Butterflies are just one of the many awesome pollinators responsible for keeping life growing! Bonus: Their stunning colors and whimsical fluttering bring joyful interest to the garden, delighting everyone lucky enough to be around when they stop by for a visit.
Attracting butterflies to your garden is a fun growing challenge that brings extra beauty, color and movement to your outdoor living space. With the right menu, plenty of seating and the perfect ambiance, your garden can become the hottest butterfly restaurant in town! |
 As long as you’re opening that butterfly restaurant, why not consider a “caterpillar hotel,” too? When you
provide a growing space for caterpillars, you invite more butterflies into your garden. By selecting the right host plants, those beautiful pollinators will swoop in, lay their eggs in your yard and begin an ongoing life cycle right before your eyes. If you’re looking for some homegrown entertainment and don’t mind your host plant getting munched on, cultivate a caterpillar hotel. It can be just as satisfying as growing beautiful flowers – and no reservations are required!
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Red Butterfly milkweed |
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Botanical Plant Name:
Asclepias curassavica ‘Red Butterfly’
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If you’d like your garden to take flight, invite
‘Red Butterfly’ to your growing space. Featuring bright red and yellow, flattened flower clusters in summer, this attractive evergreen perennial is a favorite of butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. The vigorous grower is adaptable to most well-drained soils and is happiest in full sun. Its colorful blooms, sturdy stems and decorative seedpods make the plant a nice addition for cutting gardens as well. Because the plant can self-sow and spread quickly, remove the seedpods before they open to help prevent unexpected extras to your garden. |
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