(What I no longer plant—and what I plant instead)
Want to know what happens when you plant the right thing?
She came.
This isn’t luck.
It’s intention. She found her way back.
Because I gave her a reason to. This flower isn’t just pretty.
It’s a promise kept. I planted this for someone I’d never met.
I used to garden for color.
Now I garden for life.
Things I don’t do anymore to attract butterflies — and what I do instead:
I don’t plant butterfly bush
✅I grow native flowers like milkweed wild bergamot.
I don’t chase butterflies with my camera
✅I plant what they love and wait for them to come to me.
I don’t buy into “pollinator-friendly” labels without checking the plant.
✅I research native host plants and build a whole habitat
I don’t bag up all my fallen leaves in the fall like they are trash
✅I leave the leaves and let them stay were they are and offer overwintering sites for all kinds of butterflies and other insects.
When I stopped chasing the look of a butterfly garden and started planting what they actually need, they came. And they’ll come to yours too.
🌿 Plant native. Be patient. The wild knows its way back.🐛🐛
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