Property News · March 30, 2019

Want to attract orange tip butterflies? Planting honesty is the best policy | Alys Fowler


Wherever the hardy brassica is sown, the delightful springtime butterfly will followThere are many reasons to grow honesty, Lunaria annua: for the transparent, silvered, papery discs of the seedpod that persist all winter; because it merrily self-seeds, so once established you need do little else than remove the odd seedling in the wrong place; or for the froth of flowers in purple, lilac or white that dance effortlessly between tulips and daffodils.But for all its elegance, the real reason to grow lunaria is to entice its guests to your garden. Where there is honesty, there is always a fluttering of orange-tip butterflies. These are some of the first spring-emerging butterflies in our gardens and they are such a delight – a welcome sign that the new season has arrived. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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