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gardentherapy.ca

Stephanie Rose shares a great post that explains everything you need to know to attract butterflies to your garden.

She begins with:

Butterflies are beautiful to watch flitting about the garden and they are essential pollinators for a large number of plants. Many butterfly populations are dwindling right now, but with a few minor tweaks in the garden, we can help save these pretty pollinators, and enjoy their beauty and benefit in the garden at the same time. Read on to discover which plants butterflies need during their life cycle, and what to grow to attract various species to your yard.

Then she discusses how butterflies grow and what they need to thrive in your garden. One of the most useful pieces of information is a lit of specific butterflies and the plants that attract them.

Attract Pretty Pollinators with an Irresistible Butterfly Garden

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nababutterfly.com

This post by the North American Butterfly Association describes how to start a butterfly garden in your back yard.

As the article states:

Beginning a butterfly garden can be as simple as choosing flowering plants that will invite adult butterflies to your garden to feed. But if you want to create a butterfly garden that will act as a sanctuary, attracting a wide variety of butterflies while also providing a place where butterflies can grow and multiply, you will first need some simple planning. By considering which plants to grow and evaluating your garden site, you can plant a butterfly garden that will help with the creation of more butterflies.

The post then discusses in detail:

Plant Selection
Site Selection

Click on the How to Start a Butterfly Garden link below to read the complete post

How to Start a Butterfly Garden

Here’s Another Post That Describes the Specific Plants that Work Best in a Butterfly Garden

monarchbutterflygarden.net

This post on MonarchButterflyGarden.net describes specific flowers and plants that attract not only monarch butterflies, but other butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, moths as well.

“Most of the butterfly plants listed below attract monarchs but some will also attract other butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and moths.

“These are the plants and butterfly flowers (both native and non-native) that have attracted the most butterflies to our garden and to other gardens across North America. This also includes host plants to feed butterfly caterpillars.”

The post discusses in detail the following butterfly-attracting flowers and plants. There’s also a section about Butterfly Caterpillars. And there are links to merchants where you can buy the flower and plant seeds.

Blue Butterfly Flowers
Butterfly Bushes
Climbing Vines for Butterflies
Orange Butterfly Bushes
Pink Butterfly Flowers
Purple Butterfly Flowers
Red Butterfly Flowers
White Butterfly Flowers
Yellow Butterfly Flowers
Lantana Plants
Zinnia Flowers
Host Butterfly Plants for Butterfly Caterpillars
Butterfly Plants for Every Season
Nectar Plants for Pollinators

Click on the Butterfly Plants List – Butterfly Flowers and Host Plant Ideas link below to see the complete list of butterfly plants and flowers.

Butterfly Plants List – Butterfly Flowers and Host Plant Ideas

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