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Butterfly Garden

Pinky123 · 2009-10-01 14:48:28

Hope ye might be able to help me out. I am planning on planting a memorial garden for my son and want to fill it with plants and flowers that will attract as may butterflies as possible. I already have a Magnolia tree to plant in it and would like to try and keep some colour in it year round. I am not really restricted in…

01-10-2009 2:48pm

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Hope ye might be able to help me out.
I am planning on planting a memorial garden for my son and want to fill it with plants and flowers that will attract as may butterflies as possible. I already have a Magnolia tree to plant in it and would like to try and keep some colour in it year round. I am not really restricted in the size of the garden so I should be able to include plenty of plants.:)
Rgds

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#2 01-10-2009 3:03pm

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That's a wonderful idea, and something that will give so much pleasure. There's a good list of plants here http://www.englishplants.co.uk/bflies.html

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Thanks for that, am going to hopefully start planting in the next couple of weeks and grow it from there

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#4 18-10-2009 7:57pm

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Theres actually a shrub called the butterfly bush. Pretty and it does attract loads of butterflies. I've seen it in all the garden centres in my area so I presume its an easy one to pick up.

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