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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Invite Butterflies to your backyard...

Planting host plants provide a smorgasbord for the butterfly larvae...

  • Bloodflower
  • Dutchman's Pipevine
  • Toadflax
  • False Indigo
  • Butterfly Weed
  • Thistle, Sunflower
  • Black-eyed Susan
  • Columbine


Once the larvae hatch, their butterfly bodies need nectar plants to continue to thrive...

  • Joe Pye Weed
  • Penta
  • New England Aster
  • Butterfly Bush
  • Lilac species
  • Verbena
  • Caryopteris
  • Coreopsis
  • Coneflower
  • Sedum
  • Daisies
  • Garden Phlox
  • Zinnia
  • Bee Balm

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