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Having a home butterfly garden can be a wonderful way to add another dimension to your outdoor living space. Although it may sound complicated, bringing butterflies to your garden is as simple as planting flowers that attracts them. Here you will find everything you need to know about what flowers to plant and where to plant them as well as how to keep butterflies coming back to your garden all summer long!

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Tips For Planning Your Home Butterfly Garden

Tips For Planning Your Home Butterfly Garden

Planning a home butterfly garden can be a little bit more work than just planting a regular garden but it will be well worth the effort when you have colorful butterflies flitting about your garden... 

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Flowers That Attract Butterflies

Trumpet Creeper

Trumpet Creeper

The trumpet creeper, or scientifically known as Campsis radicans, got its name because it looks like …. Well … a trumpet that creeps. It climbs up any vertical poles or structures such as trees,... 

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Butterfly Species

Viceroy Butterfly

Viceroy Butterfly

The viceroy butterfly is one of the many species of animals that use mimicry as a means for protection and convenience. This is because it is often mistaken for the monarch butterfly which has the... 

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Plants That Butterflies Love

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The trumpet creeper, or scientifically known as Campsis radicans, got its... 

alt text Zinnia

Named after Dr. Johann Gottfried Zinn, the German botanist who described zinnia... 

alt text Moss Verbena

Known for its magnificent fuchsia flowers, Moss Verbena is native to South... 

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If you like order, proportion, and balance in your flower, then you should... 

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Coreopsis, or more commonly known as tickseed, has more than 30 species—twenty... 

alt text Coral Honeysuckle

Originally from the Eastern and Southern United States, the coral honeysuckle... 

alt text Cigar Plant

The Cigar plant or firecracker plant got its name from the cigar-like shape... 

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Chinese hibiscus, or known scientifically as Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, is originally... 

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Types Of Butterflies

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The viceroy butterfly is one of the many species of animals that use mimicry... 

alt text Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

The swallowtail family of butterflies is well – known for the long tails... 

alt text Ulysses Butterfly

The Ulysses butterfly is a variety of an Australian swallowtail butterfly... 

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As their name suggests, a tiger swallowtail butterfly is characterized by... 

alt text The Peacock Butterfly

If you have seen a large butterfly that has large and colorful eyespots on... 

alt text The Painted Lady Butterfly

The painted lady butterfly, often considered to be the most widespread butterfly... 

alt text The Blue Morpho Butterfly

A blue morpho butterfly is one of the many species of Morpho butterflies that... 

alt text The Birdwing Butterfly

The birdwing butterfly is named as such because there was a time when these... 

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