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Plants to Attract ButterfliesThere is nothing more relaxing than sitting in a chair or swing on your patio or deck and watching butterflies make a graceful trip around your yard. Use our planting tips below to encourage butterflies to stay and play in your yard!Good Host Plants for Butterfly CaterpillarsWhen you want butterflies in your backyard, you should aspire to GROW THEM! That means attracting adult butterflies to lay eggs in your garden and grow caterpillars. You need to first consider growing plants that offer food to hungry caterpillars. As gardeners, our instincts are to remove caterpillars because they eat our plants. Because most butterfly caterpillars will eat only a special group of plants, you don't have to worry about them spreading to other areas of your garden. Some good choices for "growing caterpillars" are
Nectar Plants to Attract Adult ButterfliesYou should also consider growing a diversity of plants and flowers that attract adult butterflies. Adult butterflies like lots of nectar sources and sunshine. Adult butterflies searching for nectar are attracted to red, yellow, orange, pink or purple blossoms. They prefer large, flat-topped or clustered flowers with short tubes. Short flower tubes allow butterflies to reach the nectar. Any nectar producing plants should be grown in open, sunny areas, as adult butterflies rarely feed on plants in the shade. Also, make sure your nectar plants are native and will bloom at the beginning of the season well into late summer or early fall. Some good plant choices to consider are:
Suspend Use of ChemicalsAnd lastly, try to suspend your use of chemicals in your butterfly garden. Many commercial insecticides are lethal to butterflies and caterpillars, not to mention the damage they cause to our environment.
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 Provide host plants that attract adult butterflies to lay their eggs and grow caterpillars.
Provide nectar bearing plants that attract adult butterflies.
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Planting for butterflies. Plants to attract the butterfly to your garden.
