Wednesday, April 11, 2012

butterfly enticement

In the hopes of enticing butterflies to my garden, I painted this sign and intend to hang it where they can't miss it .   .   .  close to my butterfly bush!


Here are photos of past summer's visitors  .   .   .







As you can see, there are not many varieties of butterflies in this area.  The occasional shy Morning Cloak will come by at times.  I'm hoping the sign may bring some more unusual species for me to photograph.

7 comments:

Sara said...

butterfly bushes are my fave!! I have one on the side of my home and it has grown another 3-4" since last year. I am looking forward to the blooms coming soon. Mine is a Purple Knight I believe is the correct name.

ferne said...

I love your sign! I have a collection of butterfly bushes maybe I should use your idea. I don't have a lot of varieties of butterflies, but what I do have I have a lot of. I have never seen one like the last one in your pictures...beautiful!

Debbie said...

The sign is just lovely and perfect for your garden. The butterflies are gorgeous!

Unknown said...

Adorable! It's time to keep some of our hard labors for ourselves! Love the photos..never seen that last butterfly.

Cath said...

Great photos....butterflies can be so hard to capture!

Nancy Jo said...

Well I don't really see how they can miss that sign. Nice pictures. Love butterflies. In fact I'm doing a butterfly embroidery right now.
Cute Easter eggs. I made those a few years ago.They were fun to do.
Nancy Jo

Mary said...

I did not know butterflies could read!

Beautiful garden. Hope you get lots of butterflies this year.