By Liz Baessler Butterflies are a welcome sight in any garden. They will naturally come to feed on many flowering plants, but by setting out the right flowers in the right style, you can make a butterfly container garden to attract them in droves straight to your patio, window, or anywhere you can fit a container. Keep reading to learn about creating butterfly container gardens. Butterfly Container Garden Ideas One of the most important things to think about is choosing the right plants. If you really want to create a butterfly haven, you should arrange a mix of host plants and nectar plants. For butterflies, nectar is a prime food source. Nectar Plants for Butterflies Flowers that are especially nectar-rich feature big bloom clusters like the following: Mums Yarrow Butterfly weed Coneflowers These big, open nectar sources are easily accessible to butterflies’ proboscises. Different species of butterflies are able to
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