Have you ever had a butterfly bush?
By gapeach65
@gapeach65 (805)
United States
September 22, 2007 3:38pm CST
I have seen them but I have never had a butterfly bush. I want to put one in our yard but our soil is so hard that we have trouble getting many plants to grow in it, even with my husband's green thumb. My sister however just bought a new house and she was surprised to find out that she had butterflies. I had to tell her that she had a butterfly bush in her garden, she had no idea. She has since added a hummingbird feeder and has both butterflies and hummingbirds just outside their office window. She does have one that seems to keep coming around and says she thinks of it as our mom stopping by to see her. I thought that was a nice thought too.
So do you have a butterfly bush, and do you see a lot of butterflies as a result?
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
30 Sep 07
I dont know what it looks like but my garden is filled with butterflies and my son spends most days on the window wathcing them or outside chasing them as he has speach problems and untill recently only spoke few words I remember well that one of his first words was butterfly. They like my jasmin and 2 or 3 other plants (dont know the names).
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
24 Sep 07
I have never heard of a butterfly bush? It sounds beautiful. Perhaps you can post a photo of one here!
Then I can work out whether or not they grow in Australia.
@gwendovere (1279)
• United States
22 Sep 07
No, I actually never heard of one till now!
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@HomeFlower (987)
• Canada
23 Sep 07
I had two butterfly bushes at our other house but can't say that I truly liked them, I also can't say that they brought butterflies to our garden.
At our current house I don't have butterfly bushes and have tons of butterflies and hummingbirds. I have a couple weigela that I planted and several honeysuckle that the neighbour beside me and the one behind us (one over) have planted- they both are over the fence.
I like the thought of the butterfly being your mom stopping by to visit...that's fabulous and must be so comforting
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