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Pollinator Paradise
Though bees may be more efficient in pollinating plants, butterflies also play an important role in pollination.
Butterflies visit flowers to drink their nectar and, in the process, pick up pollen on their bodies and transport it to other flowers -- resulting in pollination.
The best butterfly gardens incorporate a variety of food sources including native perennials and pollen-producing annuals. Late blooming plants are important as they provide nectar when butterflies prepare to migrate or overwinter in...
Butterflies have preferences for nectar and host plants; monarchs prefer ...
(Asclepias sp.) and Baltimore checkerspots like turtlehead (Chenole glabra). ...
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