Follow these easy tips to turn your garden into a butterfly paradise.
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Plants for Butterflies
Plants may serve as nectar sources for butterflies, as host plants for caterpillars, or as food for both adults and larvae. To increase the number of butterflies flitting about your garden, plant as many host plants and nectar sources in your yard and gardens as you can.
Blend butterfly-attracting weeds such as alfalfa, clovers, Queen-Anne's lace, milkweed, and cabbage-family members like field mustard (Brassica rapa) into a wildflower patch. And plant some extra parsley just for the larvae of the beautiful swallowtail butterflies. Some plants that butterflies appreciate are garden pests. These include dandelions, nettles, teasel, and thistles. Use common sense when creating your butterfly garden.
The list below includes butterfly favorites suitable for all parts of the country.
Plants for Butterflies
