A Guide to Eco-Friendly Home Gardening
A Guide to Eco-Friendly Home Gardening
A Guide to Eco-Friendly Home Gardening
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List of nectar plants (Scientific Name and the Common name) for the butterfly<br />
Garden<br />
Botanical Name Sinhala Name<br />
01 Stachytarpheta n¨kl=g<br />
02 Walidda antidysenterica Boao<br />
03 Heliotropium indicm we;afyd~<br />
04 Elephan<strong>to</strong>pus scaber we;a wä<br />
05 Catharanthus roseus ñkSu,a<br />
06 Zinnia Iskshd<br />
07 Duranta repens<br />
08 Pentas lanceolata<br />
09 Tagetes patula oyia fm;s<br />
10 Murraya peniculata<br />
11 Clerodendrum Mskak<br />
infortunatum<br />
Step 4<br />
After studying the list of host and nectar plants, decide<br />
which plants are suitable for your garden. Then sketch a<br />
plan. The following example, created using plants from<br />
the lists above, may be helpful. This sample butterfly<br />
garden has a large variety of host plants.<br />
Butterflies are sensitive <strong>to</strong> pesticides and can even<br />
be harmed by chemicals meant <strong>to</strong> control other<br />
insect species so don’t use pesticides in your<br />
garden. If you have rich plant diversity in<br />
your garden, you most probably won’t<br />
need <strong>to</strong> use pesticides.<br />
74 A <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Eco</strong>-<strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Gardening</strong>
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