Waterewise Botanicals shares their downloadable list of 37 plants to include in your garden if you want to attract butterflies.

Flower Gardens are fun I have a space in my yard for my “Flower Garden”. It’s “All About Flowers”. I just planted several packs of seeds during the last month, and now I wait to see what will happen. I tried this before with not much success, but I’m trying it again. I think it will help that I actually plant flowers also. It gives me hope that the plants and seeds will somehow encourage each other…that they will find their purpose in growing and blooming to create JOY when they are viewed (mostly by me). I’ve tried this before, but I’m still hopeful each time. The soil and sun…water and prayers should start resembling the vision of a graceful, flowering garden. My grandmother was a wonderful gardener. She could break off a “slip” of this, or that, and it would sprout roots in a glass of water in no time at all…then she’d plant it in the dirt, and before long it was a thriving bush. I think I would do better buying the thriving bush, planting it, and watching it bloom. I like instant gardening results. I also like “take-out” when I’m HUNGRY! I’ve also found that rather than baking cookies, there are several ones from the store that are tasty. I think that as we age, we don’t like to wait on things...Patience runs out. Fast food is better than it used to be (and quicker). Patience is truly an art to be admired and developed, however, I move and think a bit slower, and that is frustrating. Perhaps there is an element of art to everything that we do well. I guess I will start developing an attitude of patience when I garden. We have so many instant things…coffee (although, it’s not as good), instant pudding (although my grown children say my homemade was the BEST), instant movies on TV. Well…I guess I should keep trying a few flower seeds to develop patience, but it won’t hurt to plant some “BLOOMIN’ FLOWERS” either. Happy Planting, Jackie Jesch