Flower gardening is a wonderful way to express yourself creatively. A gardener who experiments with colors, textures and shapes is a happy gardener. Luscious green leaves and stems become a food source for hungry caterpillars, cutworms and aphids. Flower petals either drop prematurely, get eaten or never develop.
Some gardeners battle the pesky plant-eaters with chemicals.
This method can and does work. Even the good ones. There are lots of good bugs that live in and near your flower gardens. They're called beneficial insects. These insects include praying mantises, ladybugs, ladybird beetles, green lacewings, predatory and parasitic wasps, and more.