I use several other host plants... These include Pentas, an extremely floriferous species and Impatiens. Impatiens seem to attaract mormons aplenty. Yet another favorite is Aristolochia, tww of which I have in my garden. Keeping som,e fresh cowdung slurry seems to work wonders as Bflies like the salts. Meenakshi
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 Chitra Shanker wrote : >There are two ways to approach a butterfly garden >1. You can grow the host plants such as *Asclepias, Bryophyllum, neerium >etc *or >2.grow flowering plants of compositae family mostly like cosmos, Eupatorium >and others >3. fruit pieces are also left out to attract butterflies >Chitra >On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:50 PM, K.Jayaraman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I have a garden of size 30 feet by 70 feet. Can any of our group > > member help me to make it into a butterfly garden. I need types of > > plants required and layout plan. The garden has only partial sunlight > > as there is a big tree near it. > > Regards > > Jay > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
