HAVE YOU SEEN ANY BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR GARDEN THIS YEAR

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.
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HAVEING A  WARM SUNNY SPOT IN YOUR GARDEN WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE THE BUTTERFLIES TO YOUR GARDEN ,

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

ALSO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND PULL FUNNY FACES AT YOUR SELF ,AND GROW UP

as usual it is the innocent and the good that get punished.

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 .

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

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.

chicken shack..that was a luverly read
p.s.you were a good pop group.

24 august,twickenham eel pie club.still a good group.

are you Stan?

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.

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

PS I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS CHRISTMAS LAST WEEK ,I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG PAGE ON MY RUPERT THE BEAR CALLENDER

late frost did for them , I have 55 buddleja bushes and stacks of other suitable shrubs , hardly seen any.

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

PS BOB THERES NOT MANY ON HERE WHOS TRIED TO BRING THE BUTTERFLIES TO THEIR GARDENS LIKE YOU BOB THE BUTTERFLY

I ONLY GET COMMON BUTTERFLYS IN MY MAMS GARDEN , ITS JUST LIKE THE PUBS ROUND HERE ,THERES VERY FEW STUNNERS THAT HANG AROUND HERE

I ONCE SAW SOME LOVERLY BLUE BUTTERFLIES ON T V ,AND THE MAN SAID THEY LIVE IN ENGLAND ,WELL THEY DONT LIVE IN SALFORD

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.

seen a fair few this year ,mainly on river walks

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

PS IF YOU GET THEM WRONG I WONT MIND ,AND I WILL STILL BE IMPRESSED THAT YOUVE DONE YOUR BEST

most have been Red Admirals or Cabbage whites also an Adonis ?/ Common blue and one or two others

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

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

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

Butterflies are the most beautiful of God's creatures.
They don't live anywhere near long enough . One of God's cruel jokes.

Feck the veg eating monsters

I'm a veg eating monster too.

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

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.

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

ITS SURPRISEING HOW THE FLUTTERING OF  BUTTERFLY WINGS SOOTHE YOU

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chicken shack..that was a luverly read
p.s.you were a good pop group.


i said the sme a few weeks back.

dont worry about the butterflies in your garden,be where of the flowers cos they're gonna get you,yeah.name the singer.

Otway and Barret.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DChQVr9x3Ao

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.

The dog and duck?

This is a better version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v38af7DXv0&feature=related

Question for you?

Who sang the Butterfly Collector and what single was it the b-side of?

dong,rochester castle stoke newington with brett marvin and the thunderbolts playing every other tuesday.

they played the rochester castle ,has did the stranglers.where they jammy in getting out of the pub scene.

n1

love of music,love of flowers,love of gambling,how are they connected.

They can all gladden the heart and lift the spirit.

Gambling only when you win though ;)

i whish you good night five leaves,i have enjoyed our tete a tete and we will meet again on said site.ps i went to see to see betty blue eyes and that was all heart and spirits lifted.

gn sir.

Do wah, Wendy Craig was quite nice in 'And Mother Makes Three' but I'm not sure I'd  want to see her wandering around my flower beds.

I DONT KNOW IF YOUVE NOTICED BUT NOBODY SAYS ,I LIKE CATERPILLARS AND IVE JUST SEEN SOME NICE ONES ,BUT THEY SAY ARNT THOSE NICE BUTTERFLIES,NO BODY LIKES BUTTERFLIES WHEN THEIR BABIES AND HAVE NO WINGS ,

CATERPILLERS AND THE UGLY DUCKLING STORY HAVE LOTS IN COMMON

BUTTERFLIES ARE NOT AS CLEVER AS FLIES,WHEN YOU GO TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY IT TAKES THEM QUITE A LONG TIME TO REALISE WHAT YOUR AFTER ,AND THEIR  REFLEXES IN TRYING TO ESCAPE ARE SLOWER THAN A FLY ,

DARWIN AND DAVID ATTENBOROUGH NEVER TOLD YOU THAT

I USED TO KILL FLIES BUT I DONT ANYMORE I CHASE THEM ALL OVER THE WINDOW AND LET THEM ESCAPE,IF THEIR ARE ANY HUMAN BEING THAT FLIES HAVE AN AFFECTION FOR ,I SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM

MY MAM KILLS THEM ,IVE TOLD HER MANY A TIME THAT ALL FLIES HAVE FAMILIES,BUT SHES RUTHLESS AND KILLS THEM WHEN IM NOT LOOKING

I ALSO RELISE WE ARE FROM APES ,IVE WEIGHED THEM UP ,AND MOST THINGS THEY DO ,I HAVE DONE THE SAME THINGS AND AM STILL DOING ALOT OF  THE SAME THINGS THEY DO TODAY

THESE POSH PEOPLE THINK THEIR ABOVE THESE APES,BUT I KNOW IF YOU HAD A CAMERA ON ALL THESE POSH PEOPLE YOU WOULD SEE THEY ALL ACT LIKE THEM AT SOME TIME AND MOST OF THE TIME

HUMAN BABIES WANT THEIR MAMS LIKE APE BABIES ,AND HUMAN MEN WOULD ACT LIKES APES WHEN HAVEING SEX IF THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT

THEM GORILLAS LOOK AT HUMANS AS THOUGH THERES SOMETHING UP WITH THEM ,JUST LIKE I LOOK AT HUMAN BEINGS

IVE ALSO NOTED THAT APES LET THERE WIFE APES LOOK AFTER THE KIDS ,WHILE THEY SLEEP

ITS ALWAYS THE WIFE APES THAT HAVE TO CARRY THE BABY

YOU MIGHT SAY TO YOUR SELF WHAT HAS AN APE GOT TO DO WITH BUTTERFLIES ,

WELL SAMANTHA KONG,ONE OF KING KONGS NIECES ONCE SAW A BUTTERFLY AND TRIED TO CATCH IT ,BUT IT FLEW NEAR THE EDGE ,OF THE WHITE CLIFFS OF TIMBUCK THREE ,AND AS SAMANTHA KONG MADE ONE LAST ATTEMPT TO GRAB IT,SHE FELL OFF THE WHITE CLIFFS OF TIMBUCK THREE ,AND WAS FATALLY INJURED AND DIED

Quite a sad story Doowah.

Incidetally, I don't think I've seena butterfly this year (in my back garden or anywhee else)

Seems a bit weird....

PS YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYTHING OUT ABOUT SAMANTHA KONG IN ANY TEXT BOOKS ,AS SHE WAS THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY ,SHE WAS MADE TO LEAVE THE JUNGLE BY HER DAD ,BECAUSE SHE WAS SEEING A HIPPOPOTOMUS BEHIND HIS BACK ,WHEN HE THOUGHT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR SOME NEW PALM LEAVES TO MAKE A NEW BED FOR HERSELF

RASBERRY IVE SEEN THE ODD ONE ,I SAY ODD ONE BECAUSE IT WAS WALKINGING ALONG MY MAMS WASHING LINE ,IT WAS DOING A TIGHT ROPE WALK ROUTINE ,IT KEPT JUMPING OVER HER PEGS WHEN IT GOT TO MY UNDERPANTS ON THE LINE

Did the butterfly have a safety net in case it fell off?

NO BUT IT WAS WEARING A SAFETY HELMET

WELL IT WAS A SAFETY HELMET OR A MINERS HELMET ,IM COLOUR BLIND AND COULDNT TELL THE DIFFERENCE

WD Dowah !

I've got to go now. I have to do the hoovering....

I KNOW WHAT YOUR GOING TO SAY DID IT HAVE A LIGHT ON THE HELMET ,WELL IT WAS DAYLIGHT AND IF IT DID I DID NOT SEE ANY LIGHT SHINEING

I DONT BLAME YOU RASSBERRY ,I WOULD MAKE AN EXCUSE UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT ,IF I HAD TO TALK TO ME

BUY BUY IM GOING NOW

It's not an excuse, Dowah !

I'm really hoovering....

ALL THE DIRT ALL THE GRIT
HOOVER GETS AT ALL THE BITS
  BECAUSE IT BEATS AS IT SWEEEPS
    AS IT CLEANS


THAT WAS A SONG ON AN OLD HOOVER ADVERT ON T V ,ITS FUNNY WHAT YOU REMEMBER

I MIGHT NOT REMEMBER WHICH QUEEN IS MARRIED TO WHICH KING ,BUT I KNOW ABIT ABOUT HOOVERS AS THE MAN STOOD AT THE BACK OF ME ON THE MARKET WHERE I WORKED HAD A HOOVER STALL

P S I DIDNT LIKE HIM

HE USED TO PINCH SOME OF MY STALL PLACE ,NO WONDER HIS WIFE LEFT HIM

MY STALL SPACE ^^^^^

SHE SAID HE HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG IT WAS HER ,SHE JUST SAID SHE NEEDED A CHANGE ,

I THINK SHE JUST SAID THAT ,I WAS BORED EVERYTIME HE OPENED HIS MOUTH

MY EX WIFE GOT RID OF ME BECAUSE I WAS A DRUNK AND GAMBLER ,I WASNT BOREING LIKE HIM

Do Wah Diddy thank you for this thread which has helped take my mind off the premium charge crisis. I have bought some of thee plants you suggested are good for butterflies and am planting them.

I now have Sweet William, Buddleia, Chives, Hoenysuckle, Lavender, Mint, Phlox, Purple Loosestrife, Scabious, Sedum and Thyme for the butterflies.

TEMPORY NAME WHEN THEY GROW AND YOU SEE YOUR FIRST BUTTERFLIES FLUTTERING NEAR THEM ,PLEASE JUST THINK DO WAH DIDDY BROUGHT A BIT OF JOY TO YOUR LIFE ,I NEED TO KNOW IM SERVING A PURPOSE IN LIFE

WHEN A BUTTERFLY IS FLUTTERING AND SUDDENLY SEEES THE PLANTS YOUVE  PLANTED ,YOU ALSO WILL HAVE BROUGHT A BIT OF HAPPINESS TO THE FLUTTERING BUTTERFLIES ,YOU DONT SEE MANY BUTTERFLIES WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE THESE DAYS ,BECAUSE THEVE NOT A LOT TO SMILE ABOUT

ALSO IF YOUVE NOT GOT A BIG FENCE OTHER PEOPLE WILL LOOK IN AMAZEMENT AT YOUR FLUTTERING BUTTERFLIES ,IN THE SUN ,HAVEINGA LOVERLY DAY OUT AMONST YOUR PLANTS