Planting a Butterfly garden

Use these to attract butterflies to your garden:

Zinnia
Marigold
Rudbeckia
Coreopsis
Aster
Sunflower
Liatris
Purple coneflower
Salvia
Lavender
Verbena
Thyme
Sage
Bee balm (Monarda)
Butterfly bush

Butterflies need water and places to relax. Keep some type of wet area for butterflies to drink from.

Planting a hedgerow, erecting a fence, or installing trees to stop the wind from entering your garden site may be necessary.
 

Place flat stones in butterfly gardens to add beauty and diversity to the landscape.

 

Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some, like the Monarch, will migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Butterflies are important economically as agents of pollination. The caterpillars of some butterflies eat harmful insects. A few species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.
 

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Butterflies also enjoy warming themselves on a sunny rock or other flat surface.