(What I no longer plantāand what I plant instead)
Want to know what happens when you plant the right thing?
She came.
This isnāt luck.
Itās intention. She found her way back.
Because I gave her a reason to. This flower isnāt just pretty.
Itās a promise kept. I planted this for someone Iād never met.
I used to garden for color.
Now I garden for life.
Things I donāt do anymore to attract butterflies ā and what I do instead:
I donāt plant butterfly bush
ā I grow native flowers like milkweed wild bergamot.Ā
I donāt chase butterflies with my camera
ā I plant what they love and wait for them to come to me.Ā
I donāt buy intoĀ āpollinator-friendlyā labels without checking the plant.
ā 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
ā 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 theyāll come to yours too.
šæ Plant native. Be patient. The wild knows its way back.šš
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