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[Andrew]

Do I plant the same thing for both butterflies and humming birds? And, what are the best things to plant?

[butterflysue]

The hummers and butterflies like some of the same plants, but not all. Hard to tell you what to plant because it varies upon the area you live in.

[Andrew]

I am in Wisconsin – so I have the winter to deal with. What do you think would be a good start?

[butterflysue]

Hey, that was where I was 2 yrs ago before I retired. I had several gardens in my yard and lots of pots. I lived in Milw. I had an above ground swimming pool that we got rid of and I turned that area into a 12×12 butterfly garden. In the middle I grew Joe Pye Weed. I surrounded that with milkweeds, dill, turtlehead, coneflower, liatris. Further away from that I had butterfly bush and milkweeds in pots. I never had any hummers until I planted a row of red zinnias. I planted, at least, 20 red tall zinnias along the house and since they do get the mildew, I planted pink profusion zinnias in front of them. That attracted hummers and they liked the turlehead too.

[Jenna Rose]

I find that the hummingbirds and the butterflies go to the same type of plants and flowers in my yard.

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