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Attracting Monarch Butterflies To Your Garden

I love Monarch Butterflies. They seem to “arrive” in our area about this time of year and hang around until fall. I try to at least include some butterfly favorites in my garden and I keep my garden butterfly friendly by not using any chemical pesticides that could damage their delicate systems.
We always have plenty of milkweed, and thistle growing in our field to attract them. We also have plenty of butterfly weed, and a butterfly bush just for the Monarchs. The butterflies also love the bee balm, and Russian sage that are in full bloom this time of …read more

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Monarch Butterflies Love Milkweed

Posted by linette on March 13th 2008 to Butterfly Gardens Tagged attracting butterflies, attracting Monarch Butterflies, butterflies, milkweed, where Monarchs lay their eggs, where to find milkweed

I love seeing butterflies in my garden all through the summer. We have a bike path near our home that’s loaded with Monarch Butterflies in the early fall. I love taking a walk and watching them float from flower to flower.
One of the most important plants for the Monarch is the milkweed plant.
If you want to have Monarch Butterflies in your garden plant milkweed. It is the native host for Monarchs, they lay their eggs on the leaves and stems. It’s said the butterflies can smell the milkweed plant from over a mile away.
Where can you find milkweed plants? Annie’s …read more

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Attracting Monarch Butterflies To Your Garden

Monarch Butterflies Love Milkweed

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