Butterfly Gardening in Silver Spring, Maryland

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The Most Attractive Nectar Plants for Butterflies and Moths in my Garden
Where to Find these Plants
Patio Gardening for Butterflies
Photos of the Garden and Butterflies
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You can attract butterflies and moths with fruit.
Butterflies that nectar at the most different plants.
Butterfly List for the Garden 2004 -2007
Butterfly List for the Garden 1993-2003
Notes on Sightings
Caterpillars in the Garden
Butterfly-Attracting Plants in the Garden
Flowers and the Butterflies and Moths Seen Nectaring on Them
Butterfly species and the nectar plants that they visit based on data from my butterfly garden.
My Favorite Links
Planting a Native Plant, Deer Resistant, Butterfly Attracting Garden
Binoculars
Where is my garden?
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Acknowledgements

Welcome to my website where you can find information obtained from my garden located in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (a suburb of Washington, D.C.). I hope you use it to create your own butterfly garden.

If you're interested in watching butterflies, I strongly recommend creating a butterfly garden. During my first year of butterfly gardening (1993) with just a few plants specially for butterflies, I saw 14 butterfly species in the garden. Since then, I have added many plants to attract butterflies. In 2007, I observed 36 butterfly species (out of a total of 56 seen in the garden since 1993). Creating a butterfly garden also attracts other interesting plants and animals.

You don't need to live in the country or next to a natural area to attract butterflies. Small suburban lots with mowed-grass lawns and a few trees and shrubs surround my garden. Rock Creek National Park is about a half-mile away.

         Eric Raun

Butterfly Gardening in Silver Spring, Maryland
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