Feed your caterpillars, they're butterflies, too From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 13, 2006| Author: Dean Fosdick | Copyright 2006 Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Butterfly gardens are a wonderful way to bring new colors into your yard, but they won't attain their potential if the plants you choose are appetizing only to the adults. Caterpillars are butterflies too, yet they prefer an altogether different bill of fare.

Serve up sweet and colorful nectar plants for the adults. Offer an assortment of leafy host plants for their larvae. No host plants, fewer butterflies. It's as simple as that.

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