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   How do I attract butterflies to my garden?

   • Making your garden an attractive space for an insect starts with food. Adult butterflies get their energy from nectar, and they visit gardens looking for flowers to feed on. Grow nectar-rich flowers in the spring and summer months to encourage them.

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   How can butterflies be supported in a garden?

   • Butterflies can be supported in gardens by providing flowers where they will feed on nectar. Growing food plants for caterpillars will encourage some to breed in your garden. Become a citizen scientist this summer and join in with the nationwide Big Butterfly Count, run by Butterfly Conservation.

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   How do I see butterflies in my garden?

   • Red Admiral butterfly RHS/ Helen Bostock To see butterflies in your garden, you need to entice them with the right flowers. Adult butterflies feed on nectar that they will take from a wide variety of wild and garden flowers, particularly those growing in warm sheltered places.

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   Why is butterfly gardening important?

   • Gardens play an important part in connecting the natural habitats of all creatures, including butterflies. Butterfly gardening is about filling your outdoor space with places for these beautiful insects to feed, rest and lay eggs.

   15 Best Plants for Attracting Butterflies to a British Garden

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   How do you keep butterflies out of your garden?

   • Larissa says, 'Make sure you keep enough trees and shrubs around the garden for butterflies to hide in when the weather turns bad. You could even plant a hedgerow, if you have room. 'Most species wait out the winter as eggs, larvae, or chrysalises and they’ll be hidden in gardens and parks.

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   How do you attract caterpillars to your garden?

   • So try to embrace them and give the caterpillars something to snack on that isn’t your beloved vegetable crop. You’ll attract adult butterflies this way as well, because after all, they’ll have to visit your garden to lay their eggs on the host plants you’ve so graciously provided.

   7 Effortless Ways to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden

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   Mar 13, 2020 · Learn how to encourage butterflies into your garden with butterfly-friendly plants, butterfly feeders and more.

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   • Provide food. Making your garden an attractive space for an insect starts with food. Adult butterflies get their energy from nectar, and they visit gardens looking for flowers to feed on.
   • Create warmth. Butterflies enjoy warmth. Try to pick out spots where the sun hits to cultivate your plants. Butterflies also need room to fly, so create a flowerbed full of nectar-rich plants alongside an open area of patio or lawn.
   • Think about your area. Do some research on butterflies native to where you live. Find out what they feed on and try to provide food for the caterpillar stage of the butterfly life cycle.
   • Maximise window boxes. Even people without a large garden can encourage wildlife to thrive. Many plants are at home in a window box or on a patio, including marigolds, yarrow and lavender.

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   Aug 4, 2024 · How to encourage butterflies. To see butterflies in your garden, you need to entice them with the right flowers. Adult butterflies feed on nectar that they will take from a wide variety of wild and garden flowers, particularly those growing in warm sheltered places.

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   How to attract butterflies to your garden. Pollinator. Insect. Butterfly. Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.

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   Aug 24, 2024 · 1. Plant butterfly-friendly flowers. 2. Keep your grass long. 3. Build or buy them a home. 4. Offer them an energy boost. 5. Avoid using harmful garden products. FAQs. By Lauren Bradbury. published 24 August 2024. Butterflies are essential to our natural world and the ecosystems that keep our outside spaces ticking over.

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   Mar 13, 2021 · How can you get more butterflies in your garden? Our list of flowers and plants for attracting butterflies will help you welcome these pretty pollinators

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   7 Effortless Ways to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden. Want to turn your garden into a beautiful butterfly sanctuary? All you need to provide are food and resting spots—and you can do so by planting their favorite nectar sources and a few safe places to land and play (while you enjoy the show).