In this issue:

• "Get Growing" with Sabina - Butterfly Gardening
  
• Naturium® News -Butterfly Trivia Quiz
  
• Upcoming Events
  
• Now Blooming
  

Did you know that Greenway is Canada's largest supplier of butterfly-attracting plants? We invite you to bring the beauty of butterflies to your backyard. Whether you have space for a full garden, or just a planter on your deck or balcony, we can help you create a habitat for butterflies. Experience the natural wonder of their life cycle from egg, to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly.

Here are some tips to help make your garden "butterfly friendly."

1. Butterflies use two different types of plants - those that provide nectar for the adults to eat (nectar plants), and those that provide food for their larvae or caterpillars (host plants). You need to have both types of plants in your garden to keep the butterflies around all year.

1. Plant your butterfly garden in a sunny location (5-6 hours sun each day), but sheltered from the winds. Keep your plants moist at all times.
2. Do not use any chemicals in your garden. 
3. Provide a source of water for the butterflies.  Fill a bird bath, keep a mud puddle damp in a sunny location, or fill a container with sand and enough water to make the sand saturated.
4. On the enclosed sheet, you'll find more information about the plants in your kit. For the best effect, we suggest you place the taller plants at the back of your garden, or centre of your container. The lower ones can then be arranged in the centre of your garden, or around the outside of the container.
5. Remember, the host plants are there for the caterpillar to eat. It's to be expected that at times you'll have half-eaten plants in your garden! This is a necessary part of their life cycle.

If you want help, come visit us. Our 'ready-to-plant' butterfly garden kits make great gifts. 

Best Annuals for Butterflies

Next week we'll provide you with information on the best perennials for butterflies.

Don't forget to tune into Sabina's Get Growing segments on CKCO TV, Channel 13 (CTV - Kitchener) every Thursday during May and June on the noon news.

We're also pleased to announce that all of last year's e-newsletters are now on-line at www.greenwaybloom.com/GREENWAY/green_newsletter.html.

How much do you really know about butterflies? Here are a few questions for you to ponder.

Circle the correct answer:
1.  Monarch chrysalis are what colour(s)?

1. Purple and pink
2. Red and white
3. Green and gold
4. Brown and black

2.  Monarch caterpillars eat what type of plants?

1. Grass
2. Green
3. Milkweed
4. Cabbage

3.  Approximately how many species of butterflies are there in North America?

1. 50
2. 700
3. 5000
4. 40,000

4.  What colours can butterflies see?

1. Red, green and yellow
2. Purple, green and yellow
3. Black and white
4. Red, yellow and pink

5.  A nectar plant is one which provides hummingbirds and butterflies with food.
True                             False

6.  A plant eaten by caterpillars is known to gardeners as a _____________ plant.

1. Weed
2. Host
3. Food
4. Dead

7.  Where do our Monarch butterflies go for the winter?

1. Antarctica
2. South America
3. Mexico
4. No where

8.  A caterpillar eats ___________ times its weight in food every day.

1. 200
2. 4
3. 6
4. 10

9.  Butterflies taste with what part of their body?

1. Wings
2. Tongue
3. Feet
4. Antenna

10.  What temperature (degrees Celsius) does it need to be before butterflies can fly?

1. -10
2. 20
3. 30

To find the answers, visit the Naturium garden where you'll find all of these facts and many more on signs. Otherwise, stay tuned for next week's newsletter.

If you have an idea for an event you'd like to see hosted at Greenway, please email us at flowers@greenwaybloom.com

Here are our upcoming specials: Available this weekend (May 27-28) only.

• 12'' PETUNIA hanging baskets regularly priced at $29.50 will be
  two for $40.
• All PANSIES and PANSY planters HALF price
• We have a spectacular assortment of annuals and perennials in bloom right now. The greenhouse is a mass of blooms with thousands of hanging baskets, annuals of all colours, shapes and sizes and our new ready-to-plant butterfly kits.
• Just be prepared to spend some time with us. There's so much to choose from!

Phone: (519) 648-2328    Fax: (519) 648-3074    
Email: flowers@greenwaybloom.com http://www.greenwaybloom.com/           http://www.naturium.ca/