Create a colorful butterfly- and bird-friendly landscape with these garden plans.
Each plan is filled with the best types of plants for providing food and shelter for wildlife.
Create a quick-color display with these-fast growing flowers and you’ll getalmost instant curb appeal.
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Long-blooming perennials such as aster,coreopsis, and purpleconeflowerprovideseeds for birdsandnectar for butterflies.
Other than an occasionaldeadheading of faded flowers, these sun-loving plants will easily tolerate drought and heat.
This prairie-inspired garden plan contains several blooming perennials andornamental grasses that are indigenousto the Midwest.
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No-Fuss Sun-Loving Garden Plan
You don’t need a large yard toattract birds and butterflies.
The dramatic blooms surround a bird bath and are sure to attract songbirds, hummingbirds, and butterflies.
So, pick out your bird bath and start planting this pretty garden plan.
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The design also includeshummingbirds' favorite tubular and cup-shape flowersthat are filled with nectar.
You’ll enjoy seeing the eye-catching drifts of color with something in bloom all summer and into the fall.
Plus, they’re super low-maintenance, letting you plant them and pretty much forget them.
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Plus, the mix of colorful blooms will appeal to butterflies and hummingbirds.
Butterflies will be attracted to the spikes of tubular flowers such aspenstemonandlavender.
And blooming beauties likephloxand bee balm will attract hummingbirds.
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The selected plants also will look beautiful through all four seasons.
it’s possible for you to also site this plan infront of a wall or fencefor a softer look.
And when one variety finishes flowering, another takes its place.
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It relies on classic perennials such asbellflower, lamb’s ear,cranesbill, anddelphiniumto create a sensational design.
Count on watching butterflies flutter to the clusters of small flowers on thesedumand penstemon.
It’s also perfect for a sunny border along a lawn or walkway.
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You’re sure to see butterflies lingering on perennials in this plan such asverbenaand cosmos.
There’s also a few bulbs and small shrubs mixed in for added interest.
The result is a long-lasting garden that will require minimal maintenance year after year.
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A dwarfweigelacomplements the floral show with its own pink spring blooms that are sure to attract hummingbirds.
The surrounding perennials and groundcovers add seasonal splashes of color.
This easy street-side garden plan relies on amix of native perennialsthat do just that.
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Plus their colorful flowers and abundant seed heads will feed bees, butterflies, and birds.
Plus their flowers will draw a variety of pollinators.
The redcolumbine,bleeding hearts, andastilbewill be particularly attractive to hummingbirds.
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Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
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Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
