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I live in columbus,ohio and i'd like to start an inexpensive butterfly garden.?

When should and what should i plant? Also my freind said she heard they r attracted to sugar water,is that true? Thanks

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1. I wrote an article on designing and creating Butterfly Gardens for my website. http://www.gardenlistings.com Here's the link, http://www.gardenlistings.com/Butterflies.htm I hope you find it useful.
2. Well there are a few plants that butterflies Love.. heres some plants that would do great in any butterfly garden: Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii) http://butterflywebsite.com/articles/bgq/buddleia.htm Turtle Head (Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips') http://www.horticopia.com/hortpix/html/pb2794.htm 'Husker Red' Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red') http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=I630 Helen's Flower (also known as Sneezeweed) (Helenium hoopesii) http://www.joycreek.com/273-004D4.htm Rue (Ruta graveolens) http://www.floridata.com/ref/R/ruta_gra.cfm Gas Plant (Dictamnus fraxinella 'Rubra') http://www.gaygardener.com/gardenspot/perennial/peren004.phtml 'Galaxy' Hardy Hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos 'Galaxy') http://springhillnursery.com/product.asp?pn=68042 'Silver Brocade' Artemisia (Artemisia stellariana 'Silver Brocade') http://www.deerxlandscape.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=33130&p_catid=108 Lupine 'Russell Hybrids' (Lupinus 'Russell Hybrids') http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/p1/gw1095895.html
3. These are the names of plants that attract butterflies in my garden.Butterfly bush and milkweed.
4. there are plant that attract butter flies they are called butterfly bushes they come in a rain bow of colors but i like the black beauty i did come to the flea market in cinn.ohio and i sold out evertime i brought these they also come in pink ,yellow white purple i have been in nursery work for 20 years in tennessee
5. i started with one white butterfly bush, it made a baby purple butterfly bush, then the year after that, had 3 or 4 baby bushes start. you can't beat free bushes. just wait, you'll have a whole family, from one bush.
6. the Monarch buterfly loves milkweed plant when it warms up go hunting for some. there should be a place on-line to get catterpillers,,why not they do praying mantis and ladybirds and worms