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Designed By: Native Butterfly Flowers

Installed By: Native Butterfly Flowers

Started: 2018-2019

Percentage of Native Plants: 67%

Amount of Sun and Shade: Mixed sun/shade

Unique Features and Wildlife:
Almost all of the plants are meant to support butterfly life (the purpose of the landscape company that helped us, Native Butterfly Flowers). Some of the wildlife we see are:

• • Birds: pairs of painted buntings, brown-headed cowbird, catbird, black-throated blue warbler, red-bellied woodpecker, cardinal, blue jay, mockingbird, mourning dove, ring-necked turtle dove, white-winged dove, grackle, ibis, hawks
  • Reptiles: anoles, black snake, garter snake, corn snake, turtles
  • Mammals: squirrels, rabbit, possum, raccoon
  • Insects: many, but notable are the various butterflies and moths – atala butterflies at times

Landscape Description: We wanted a yard that that coexisted easily with the neighborhood. The front is meant to blend with traditional suburbia utilizing primarily native plants, but the back yard is a postage-stamp size native Florida landscape (with a few exceptions) with short paths and bird feeding stations.

Challenges: Most of the existing plants were removed and native foliage was planted. A number of larger plants, non-native, were retained.

Parking Restrictions: Park in front of the house, either on the edge of the property on the street or on the median (road is divided with a median).