Article: Butterfly habitats: It takes the right kind of plants, hosts to attract the creatures.(The Orange County Register)

SANTA ANA, Calif. _ When butterfly gardeners get together, the subject of buddleia _ touted as the top butterfly magnet _ is bound to come up. My cue to moan to myself like a real amateur that I've grown this spicy-scented shrub and haven't had a single butterfly visit.

What I discovered, though, at a recent lecture at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, was that I was growing the wrong kind of buddleia.

More, after years of using generalized butterfly gardening information, I finally learned about the butterflies in my own back yard.

We've all read and been inspired by sweet butterfly stories in glossy garden magazines. The truth ...

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