An autumn butterfly garden
By Joanie
@Freelanzer (10745)
Canada
September 24, 2017 10:20pm CST
I have a autumn butterfly garden and it was totally unplanned. The annual flowers are now in full bloom and the butterflies are loving it. They are a welcome and unexpected addition to the garden. It is the first time I have seen so many of this type of butterflies in the garden this late in the season and it is beautiful thing.
I just hope the frost stays away for awhile longer so we can enjoy this butterfly garden a little longer. I think they are called painted lady but can be mistaken for monarch butterflies.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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25 Sep 17
For some reason, we don't have lots of pretty colorful butterflies here. Real odd! Perhaps it is too cold here for pretty butterflies. (I pinched a cutting of that type of flowers for my garden from a big shopping mall close to where I live, deep dark brown/reddish. Don't know if it is still alive or not, I have to go check. 
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
Do you know what the flower is? Hope it survives.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
@YrNemo I have had some white daisy plants this year but they have reached the end of blooming. The purple must be lovely.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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25 Sep 17
@Freelanzer They are all daisy, Osteospermum I think. I used to have the purple flower (black middle). I saw other white with curly petals, quite interesting. They are a very strong type of plant, and tend to go everywhere. Snails and Slugs love this plant. (Part of the reason why I didn't worry much when we left the other property with that purple daisy!)
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
25 Sep 17
Must be very beautiful garden with lots of beautiful butterflies sitting on the flower.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
It is very colorful and peaceful and I enjoy being in the garden
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
25 Sep 17
@Freelanzer I love being there as well but I have no such garden with so many butterflies.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
Thank you. It has really done well this year
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Sep 17
@Freelanzer awesome. Yay. Hope it does next year too.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 17
Oh wow I can see the butterflies and I can see the beautiful flowers.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
Thank you. I spend a lot of time tending to the garden.
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
25 Sep 17
@Freelanzer I know, that really shows in the picture :)
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
25 Sep 17
Butterflies are treat to watch. You are lucky that you have such a garden where butterflies keep visiting. Due to massive urbanization, we are going away from nature.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
Normally the city would spray chemicals to keep mosquitoes away. Luckily we had little to no mosquitoes this year so they didn't spray. I think that may have something to do with having so many butterflies this year.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Sep 17
Hope the frost stays away a while and you can further enjoy this beautiful part of nature.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Sep 17
@Freelanzer......Hope they last a while.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
I am looking forward to enjoy the butterflies a bit longer. So far so good.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5567)
• Philippines
4 Oct 17
Flowers really refreshing to look at. I love the photo beautiful.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
Thanks. I think they must be as they are so many of them.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
It is and I enjoy being outside and looking at the butterflies.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
I don't have cats so no chance and I wouldn't want them caught.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
26 Sep 17
What a beautiful garden! It is hard to find them,if the butterflies don't fly.They merge into the flowers.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
28 Sep 17
Thank you. it was a great year for butterflies i my garden and such a joy to see.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
27 Sep 17
You are really blessed to have this beautiful who of color in the autumn.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
28 Sep 17
Yes I feel so and it is a real joy to grow and enjoy it
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
28 Sep 17
Yes there are were three in the photo but a lot more in the entire garden. Thanks
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
27 Sep 17
Haven't seen so many in a while so it was a pleasant surprise.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
25 Sep 17
Could be and they do look like they have splashes of paint on them.
