Step by step guide to butterfly gardening with Floyd the Frog
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1 Hi. I'm Floyd the Frog and I like butterflies. So,
I'll show you how to make a butterfly garden. |
2 Find a little sheltered corner in your own garden,
which you can allow to go 'wild', to create an area
for butterflies. If you haven't got a garden, ask a
friend who has. |
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3 Dig over, removing any plants and roots and
rake it to prepare a good surface. |
4 Choose a variety of plants in the spring.
Buddleia, known as the 'butterfly bush'
attracts many butterflies. |
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5 A good variety of sizes and colours will
provide you with a wider range of colourful
butterflies, that may visit your garden
between March and October. |
6 Butterflies feed on the nectar of these plants,
while caterpillars feed on the leaves. |
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7 Caterpillars shed their skins several times and
form a chrysalis within a few weeks. |
8 The chrysalis within its fragile skin will gradually
emerge as a butterfly and so the life cycle begins
again. |
Aftercare
- Regularly hoe around the base of the plants to remove any couch grass or other weeds.
- When the flowers are over, remove the dead flower heads.
- Do not use any insecticides or herbicides.
Plants which will provide an attractive area for butterflies
Lesser Burdock, Buddleia, Honesty, Lavender, Wallflower, Knapweed, White dead-nettle, Bird's Foot Trefoil, Lady's Smock, Garlic Mustard, Wintercress, Nasturtium, Red Clover, Cowslip, Ivy.
For additional information on butterfly gardening you can visit these websites
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For further information contact
Derby City Council
Regeneration and Community
Roman House
Friar Gate
Derby DE1 1XB
Telephone 01332 255021 Minicom 01332 256666 Fax 01332 255989 email wildderby@derby.gov.uk