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17 Jun 11
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IVE NOT ,IVE BEEN TO BUSY READING THE THREADS ON GENERAL BETTING
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BELOW IS A LIST OF WHICH PLANTS MIGHT HELP YOU ATTRACYT BUTTERFLIES TO YOUR GARDEN
1.Aubretia, Aubrieta 'Doctor Mules'; a carpet-forming plant that produces rich violet or blue flowers in May and June. 2.Sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis; deliciously scented plant that produces white, violet or purple flowers from May to August. 3.Red valerian, Centranthus ruber; a cottage garden plant that produces clusters of red flowers from mid-summer through to autumn. Great for dry soil. 4.Lavender, Lavandula; a familiar garden favourite, producing white, pink, blue or purple aromatic flowers during the summer months. Flowers and foliage are used for making pot-pourri. 5.Honesty, Lunaria annua; a tall plant with heart-shaped leaves and sweet-smelling pink or violet-purple flowers from April to June. 6.Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum; a plant that produces spiny flower-heads of pinkish purple from mid- to late summer. 7.Small scabious, Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'; a long-flowering plant that produces lavender-blue flowers from late spring well into autumn. 8.Butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii; this plant produces cone-shaped clusters of tiny flowers in either purple, white, pink, or red. Irresistible to butterflies! 9.Golden rod, Solidago 'Goldenmosa'; a clump-forming border plant that produces feathery, golden flower-heads in late summer and early autumn. 10.Ivy, Hedera helix; an evergreen climbing vine that will provide winter nectar for the few remaining butterflies in your garden. Top |
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HAVEING A WARM SUNNY SPOT IN YOUR GARDEN WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE THE BUTTERFLIES TO YOUR GARDEN ,
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WHEN YOU GET EXCITED BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS WROTE SOMETHING ON A THREAD THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE ,GO INTO YOUR GARDEN AND LOOK FOR SOME BUTTERFLIES ,INSTEAD OF REPORTING THEM TO BETFAIR ,
ITS SURPRISEING HOW THE FLUTTERING OF BUTTERFLY WINGS SOOTHE YOU |
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ALSO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND PULL FUNNY FACES AT YOUR SELF ,AND GROW UP
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as usual it is the innocent and the good that get punished.
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SOFEE ,WE ARE MEN NOT BOYS ANY LONGER ,WE HAVE TO TAKE THINGS LIKE THIS, LIKE MEN AND MOVE ON
WE WILL HOLD NO GRUDGES ,WE WILL HOLD OUR HEADS HIGH AND MOVE ON . |
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I ONCE GOT VERY EXCITED WHEN I SAW MY FIRST RED ADMIRAL IN THE GARDEN ,I RUSHED IN AND TOLD MY MAM ,
SHE SAID IT MUST HAVE BEEN THEM MUSHROOMS SHEED GIVEN ME ON MY COOKED BREAKFAST ,SHE SAID SHE FELT A BIT FUNNY BUT HAD NOT SEEN ANY SAILORS |
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got some beautiful red hot pokers which attract hummingbirds.have had some lovely allium which seems to grow in pairs.whenthe wind was blowing they were like lovebirds.
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chicken shack..that was a luverly read
p.s.you were a good pop group. |
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24 august,twickenham eel pie club.still a good group.
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are you Stan?
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Interesting thread DwD but, you need to move it to Chit Chat,
before The General Betting Police see it! I hadn't thought about this yet, this year, but there is a noticeable absence of creatures in the garden this year! I was actually hoping that the harsh winter would take out a lot of the problem aphids and ants etc. However, if it did, there is a knock on effect so we have less Ladybirds and so on! I can't think I have seen any of the aforementioned yet, but the Buddleia bushes are nowhere near to flowering, and they are normally covered in butterflies every year! I haven't seen a wasp yet, which has to be good news! Only last week, I thought Xmas was coming, as I had robins in the garden. |
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AUNTY POST THANK YOU FOR YOUR POST,BUT IM IN THE RIGHT PLACE ,GENERAL BETTING ,ME AND MY NEIGBOUR GENERALLY HAVE A BET ,ON WHO SEES A BUTTERFLY FIRST EACH WEEK ,BUT THANK YOU
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PS I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS CHRISTMAS LAST WEEK ,I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG PAGE ON MY RUPERT THE BEAR CALLENDER
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late frost did for them , I have 55 buddleja bushes and stacks of other suitable shrubs , hardly seen any.
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BOB DONT DESPAIR ,I THINK YOUVE DONE ALL YOU CAN ,NATURE IS A TRULY WONDERFULL THING ,AND YOU ARE ONLY HUMAN ,YOUVE DONE YOUR BEST
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PS BOB THERES NOT MANY ON HERE WHOS TRIED TO BRING THE BUTTERFLIES TO THEIR GARDENS LIKE YOU BOB THE BUTTERFLY
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I ONLY GET COMMON BUTTERFLYS IN MY MAMS GARDEN , ITS JUST LIKE THE PUBS ROUND HERE ,THERES VERY FEW STUNNERS THAT HANG AROUND HERE
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I ONCE SAW SOME LOVERLY BLUE BUTTERFLIES ON T V ,AND THE MAN SAID THEY LIVE IN ENGLAND ,WELL THEY DONT LIVE IN SALFORD
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Flutterby's lay eggs which turn to Caterpillars which then eat my veg that I grow. They may look pretty but their a bloody nuisance.
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seen a fair few this year ,mainly on river walks
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CAN ANY ONE NAME THE TYPES YOUVE SEEN ,I WILL BE VERY IMPRESSED IF YOU CAN NAME THE ONES YOUVE SEEN ,MAKE SURE THERE THE RIGHT ONES
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PS IF YOU GET THEM WRONG I WONT MIND ,AND I WILL STILL BE IMPRESSED THAT YOUVE DONE YOUR BEST
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most have been Red Admirals or Cabbage whites also an Adonis ?/ Common blue and one or two others
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COACHBUSTER ,IM REALLY IM PRESSED ,I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NAMES OF TREES AND BIRDS AND FLOWERS ,I WENT TO THE PARK NEAR ME AND THE TREES HAD NAME PLATES AT THE FRONT OF THEM ,BUT IVE FORGOT AGAIN WHAT TRHEIR CALLED ,
AT ONE TIME I WOULD SAY ANY ONE WHO KNEW ABOUT TREES ,BIRDS ,AND BUTTERFLIES WAS BOREING , BUT NOW I THINK THERE LIVEING LIFE ,AND ARE PROUD OF THEM |
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WHEN I WAS DRINKING MY GRAND DAUGHTER CAME IN AND SAID GRANDAD ,I KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL HENRY THE EIGHTS WIFES ,I DIDNT KNOW WETHER TO CONGRATULATE HER OR TELL HER TO MIND HER OWN BUISNESS
I LIKE BEING SOBER ,I CAN WORK THINGS OUT A LOT BETTER |
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I only know because i look them up on google images after i see them Do Wah [;)] ,same if i see an unusual animal /bird .
Most butterflys are dwindling though ,some areas have been set aside ,and also like you say certain plants attract them . And yes, they are living life and nice to see...no reason to not enjoy hand in hand with drinking/gambling/women etc  |
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Butterflies are the most beautiful of God's creatures.
They don't live anywhere near long enough . One of God's cruel jokes. |
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Feck the veg eating monsters
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I'm a veg eating monster too.
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I DONT KNOW IF YOU KNOW ,BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEEN A DEAD BUTTERFLY ANYWHERE ,THATS DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES ,THERES LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU NOTICE IN LIFE ,BUT CAN YOU REMEMBER SEEING A DEAD BUTTERFLY THATS NOT BEEN RUN OVER OR SQUASHED ,THERES DEAD BUTTERFLIES DYING ALL AROUND YOU
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at wisley gardens earlier in the year,they released the most beautiful butterflies in the tropical glass house.do wah it would have brought a tear to your eye.check out the rhs site.a day at one of there gardens would make you proud to be english.
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CHICLEN SHACK THANK YOU ,YES YOU WAS RIGHT I WAS PROUD TO BE ENGLISH WHEN I CHECKED THE SIGHT OUT ,I GOT MY GRAMAPHONE OPUT AND PLAYED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WHILE I WATCHED IT,IVE NOT BEEN TO ONE OF THEIR GARDENS BUT ,IVE BEEN TO A DONKEY SANCTUARY AND THE DOGS HOME
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ITS SURPRISEING HOW THE FLUTTERING OF BUTTERFLY WINGS SOOTHE YOU
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sofiakenny
17 Jun 11 14:45 Joined: 02 Apr 05 | Topic/replies: 4,477 | Blogger: sofiakenny's blog chicken shack..that was a luverly read p.s.you were a good pop group. i said the sme a few weeks back. |
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dont worry about the butterflies in your garden,be where of the flowers cos they're gonna get you,yeah.name the singer.
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Otway and Barret.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DChQVr9x3Ao |
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correct five leaves,part two,name the pub in north london where they played on a tuesday night at the start of been a duo.
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