In article ,
emon (Rhiannon S) wrote:

A general rule of thumb though, is anything with bright flowers and
strong scent will attract all sorts of wildlife, not just butterflies

Cabbages are very effective - especially for white butterflies.


Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

(Craig) wrote in message . com...
I am a novice gardener with only a small back yard and small flower
bed at my disposal. I have heard in the media that butterflies are
under threat in the UK. I would be grateful of advice as to which
plants I should grow to help sustain our butterfly population.

Thanks

Bob

The organisation in the UK that is dedicated to Conserving
Butterflies, Moths and their habitats is Butterfly Conservation. If
you are interested you may care to join. It is a very good society to
belong to.
They have a page which might help you at this address.


http://www.butterfly-conservation.or...fly-haven.html

Neil Jones
http://www.butterflyguy.com/

In article ,
(Craig) wrote:

I have heard in the media that butterflies are
under threat in the UK. I would be grateful of advice as to which
plants I should grow to help sustain our butterfly population.

Traditionally, they love Buddleja and I used to see them mobbing the
bushes. The Buddleja are still spreading in gardens and on waste ground
but the butterflies are nowhere.

Maybe Buddleja went out of fashion with butterflies, or they've
developed a taste for foreign holidays? Another theory is that the
British National Party had all the coloured ones thrown out. Certainly,
only white butterflies bother my cabbages - try panting some of those.


Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

In article ,
emon (Rhiannon S) wrote:

A general rule of thumb though, is anything with bright flowers and
strong scent will attract all sorts of wildlife, not just butterflies

Cabbages are very effective - especially for white butterflies.


Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

(Craig) wrote in message . com...
I am a novice gardener with only a small back yard and small flower
bed at my disposal. I have heard in the media that butterflies are
under threat in the UK. I would be grateful of advice as to which
plants I should grow to help sustain our butterfly population.

Thanks

Bob

The organisation in the UK that is dedicated to Conserving
Butterflies, Moths and their habitats is Butterfly Conservation. If
you are interested you may care to join. It is a very good society to
belong to.
They have a page which might help you at this address.


http://www.butterfly-conservation.or...fly-haven.html

Neil Jones
http://www.butterflyguy.com/

The message
from lid (Rodger Whitlock) contains these words:

After all, cabbage whites are
butterflies yet are hardly threatened!

They are when they come into my garden!

--
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The message
from lid (Rodger Whitlock) contains these words:

After all, cabbage whites are
butterflies yet are hardly threatened!

They are when they come into my garden!

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from lid (Rodger Whitlock) contains these words:

After all, cabbage whites are
butterflies yet are hardly threatened!

They are when they come into my garden!

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Cover yourself in jam :-))

My apologies, I just couldn't resist it.

"Craig" wrote in message
om...
I am a novice gardener with only a small back yard and small flower
bed at my disposal. I have heard in the media that butterflies are
under threat in the UK. I would be grateful of advice as to which
plants I should grow to help sustain our butterfly population.

Thanks

Bob

Subject: How do I attract butterflies
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 29/03/2004 01:53 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id:

The message
from lid (Rodger Whitlock) contains these words:

After all, cabbage whites are
butterflies yet are hardly threatened!

They are when they come into my garden!

Are they disguised as cats?
--
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"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
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The message
from "p.mc"
p.mc@Idon'tknowwhyIbothermungingmyaddress'causeIs tillgettonsofshiteanyway.co.uk contains these words:
"Craig" wrote in message
om...
I am a novice gardener with only a small back yard and small flower
bed at my disposal. I have heard in the media that butterflies are
under threat in the UK. I would be grateful of advice as to which
plants I should grow to help sustain our butterfly population.

rearranged for sensible continuity

Cover yourself in jam :-))

My apologies, I just couldn't resist it.

Can your S.O. though?

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Rhiannon S" wrote in message
...
Subject: How do I attract butterflies
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 29/03/2004 01:53 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id:

The message
from lid (Rodger Whitlock) contains these
words:

After all, cabbage whites are
butterflies yet are hardly threatened!

They are when they come into my garden!


I'd say they probably are threatened, certainly as a kid I used to see lots,
very rare these days, I see more tortoiseshells and those brown one's whose
name I forget.

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Tumbleweed

Remove my socks for email address

In article , Tumbleweed
writes

I'd say they probably are threatened, certainly as a kid I used to see lots,
very rare these days, I see more tortoiseshells and those brown one's whose
name I forget.

Probably Speckled Woods - food plant is Garlic Mustard, which occupies
the base of the hedgerows round here.

I still find Whites (both Large and Small) fairly common. The other
common butterflies are Small Tortoiseshells and Peacocks. (Peacocks used
to be rare when I was a kid.) Painted Ladies seem to be getting
commoner.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
...
In article , Tumbleweed
writes

I'd say they probably are threatened, certainly as a kid I used to see
lots,
very rare these days, I see more tortoiseshells and those brown one's
whose
name I forget.

Probably Speckled Woods -

Yes, thats them.

--
Tumbleweed

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"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in
message ...
On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:09:32 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

I hesitate to suggest growing some nettles in a pot, as
you would need
to prevent them seeding.

IIRC, nettles are dioecious. That is, individual plants
bear
either male or female flowers exclusively. It should be
easy to
select a male plant from the nearest wild patch thereby
obviating
any risk of seeding.

Useless information in my case, since the whole back yard of
one of my neighbours consists almost exclusively of nettles.
{:-((

Franz