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What types of landscape plants are good in and around ponds for butterfly attraction and are also low maintenance?

Last Updated: December 12, 2007

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Try Joe pye weed, swamp milkweed, bergamot, and ironweed. These are native wildflowers that grow well in moist soils, are low maintenance, and attract butterflies.

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