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From our Garden to Yours |
April 8, 2010 |
With the afternoons finally warming,
it can only mean one thing - it's time for butterflies! We still haven't
seen many butterflies fluttering around the nursery, but some brave ones
have awoken from their winter rest. Fix up your butterfly gardens now, so
that your garden is the place for them to be!
This weekend, it's butterfly weekend, come out to get all the information you need to attract butterflies to your gardens. From 10 to 4 on Saturday and Sunday, we'll have a fun activity for kids. Butterflies agree, Kerby's plants have the best nectar.
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In This Issue
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It's easy to attract butterflies to your garden. For the basics, check out our
butterfly handout
and learn about some of the best plants for butterflies, and see below for
all of the cool butterflies that you might see fluttering about in your
garden.
Monarch - The monarch butterfly is one of the most common butterflies in our area. The host plant for these butterflies is milkweed, so make sure that you include it in your butterfly garden. Did you know that monarch butterflies migrate all the way to Mexico in the winter?
Gulf Fritillary - Another speedy little butterfly that is orange with
white speckling. This butterfly flutters fast and high
in sunny areas and lays its eggs on passion vine planted in the sun.
Upcoming Events
Butterfly Weekend
Make your garden the place for butterflies to be this season. Come out for a fun weekend
with activities for the kids and all the information you need to create a beautiful butterfly garden.
A
rose by any other name . . . CAN grow in your garden. Come
out to this workshop to get the best tips for growing roses
in Florida. Presented by the Tampa Rose Society.
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Kerby's Nursery 2311 S. Parsons Ave. Seffner, FL 33584 (813) 685-3265 www.kerbysnursery.com |
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