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7 Easy Fall Gardening Tips for your Butterfly Garden

7 Easy Fall Gardening Tips for your Butterfly Garden

ByTony Gomez October 24October 29
39 Comments

These 7 simple fall gardening tips can help you end the butterfly garden season better prepared to host a bounty of butterflies and pollinators next spring…

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12 Tips to Overwinter Butterfly Plants Indoors

12 Tips to Overwinter Butterfly Plants Indoors

ByTony Gomez October 8October 15
55 Comments

How to overwinter butterfly plants INDOORS…with minimal cost and effort!

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How To Grow From Cuttings- Tropical Milkweed Propagation

How To Grow From Cuttings- Tropical Milkweed Propagation

ByTony Gomez April 2April 13
63 Comments

How to quickly multiply your tropical milkweed supply by taking stem cuttings instead of slow-growing seeds…

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Aristolochia Gigantea : A Death Sentence for Pipevine Swallowtails

Aristolochia Gigantea : A Death Sentence for Pipevine Swallowtails

ByTony Gomez May 17May 17
41 Comments

8 Pipevine Species that are NOT toxic to baby Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillars

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Container Gardening Ideas? Grow Milkweed for Monarchs

Container Gardening Ideas? Grow Milkweed for Monarchs

ByTony Gomez June 20April 20
81 Comments

Why growing some milkweed in pots is a good idea for both you and the monarchs + 6 milkweed varieties that work well in containers

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How to Start a Monarch Butterfly Garden that Brings Home the Butterflies…and Caterpillars

How to Start a Monarch Butterfly Garden that Brings Home the Butterflies…and Caterpillars

ByTony Gomez March 12November 30
138 Comments

How to create a butterfly garden that attracts and supports monarch butterflies and their kids…

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How to Save and Grow Healthy Milkweed in Continuous Growing Regions?

How to Save and Grow Healthy Milkweed in Continuous Growing Regions?

ByTony Gomez April 27May 21
58 Comments

How to grow healthy milkweed for monarchs in continuous growing regions…poll and discussion

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How To Control Aphids On Milkweed Plants

How To Control Aphids On Milkweed Plants

ByTony Gomez July 9June 18
230 Comments

Of all the questions I get about butterfly gardening, “How can I control aphids on my milkweed?” is probably the most frequent. Here are 10 ways to stop annoying aphids from taking over the monarchs’ milkweed supply.

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5 Big Zinnia Flowers for a Busy Butterfly Garden + Growing Tips

5 Big Zinnia Flowers for a Busy Butterfly Garden + Growing Tips

ByTony Gomez May 7September 1
29 Comments

Try These 5 Zinnia Flowers to Bring Home More Butterflies + One Dwarf Variety. Zinnia Care Tips to Prevent Powdery Mildew

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Winter Sowing Milkweed Seeds Part 3: Spring Your Seedlings

Winter Sowing Milkweed Seeds Part 3: Spring Your Seedlings

ByTony Gomez April 28April 5
60 Comments

Sow Now What? What to do with spring milkweed seedlings after they awaken from a winter sown sleep…

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Tropical Milkweed Blooms in Frigid January?!

Tropical Milkweed Blooms in Frigid January?!

ByTony Gomez January 10
9 Comments

Many North American gardeners buy tropical milkweed seeds or plants each spring. I was one of those butterfly gardeners until I found a way to make my current plants multiply like rabbits!

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7 Butterfly Flowers Irresistible to Monarchs…and Hummingbirds!

7 Butterfly Flowers Irresistible to Monarchs…and Hummingbirds!

ByTony Gomez May 27
47 Comments

Which Butterfly Plants Also Attract Hummingbirds? Discover Nourishing Nectar Flowers that will Entice Both Monarchs & Hummers to your Garden Doorstep…

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