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Carolina chickadee

A Dee-lightful Little Bird-Dee-Dee-Dee: How to Attract Carolina Chickadees to Your Garden

The chickadee is an iconic feeder bird, whose scolding call reminds you of their name every time you hear it. With a little effort, you can make your garden a haven for Carolina chickadees year-round.  * All photos on this page were taken by me unless otherwise noted. Please provide content and photo credits to thesouthernwildgarden.com. 

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A Striking Little Homebody: How to Attract Yellow-throated Warblers

In this post, you will learn how to attract one of the few warblers that sticks around parts the South year-round, the yellow-throated warbler, to your yard. With its bright yellow throat and contrasting black and white face, the yellow-throated warbler is a striking and handsome little garden resident. * All photos on this page were

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Gulf fritillary butterfly

Spotting Silver: How to Attract Gulf Fritillary Butterflies

Showy orange and silver gulf fritillary butterflies will love your garden if you grow their favorite native nectar and host plants. * All photos on this page were taken by me unless otherwise noted. Please provide content and photo credits to thesouthernwildgarden.com. Why gulf fritillaries? In the southeast, gulf fritillary butterflies are the “other” migratory orange

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Zebra longwing on black-eyed susan

Chasing Stripes: How to Attract Zebra Longwing Butterflies

In this post, you will learn about the fascinating ecology of zebra longwing butterflies as well as which native nectar and host plants will entice them to your garden. * All photos on this page were taken by me unless otherwise noted. Please provide content and photo credits to thesouthernwildgarden.com. Why zebra longwings? Zebra longwings are

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Add Some Icing: Growing Frostweed in Your Native Plant Garden

Want to attract a diversity of pollinators to your garden by growing native plants? Pollinator favorite, frostweed (Verbesina virginica), will bring beetles, butterflies, bees, moths and more to its stunning white flowers for you to enjoy. * All photos on this page were taken by me unless otherwise noted. Please provide content and photo credits to

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Obediently Bringing in the Butterflies: How to Grow Obedient Plant

The flowers of obedient plants (Phytostegia virginiana) are butterfly magnets, luring swallowtails of all kinds to your garden. Read on to learn about growing obedient plant, a lovely native perennial, in your garden. * All photos on this page were taken by me unless otherwise noted. Please provide content and photo credits to thesouthernwildgarden.com. Why obedient

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