By choosing a number of different flowers and shrubs that are fed on by butterflies you will ensure that butterflies visit your garden. Even in a small area you can make a bright, diverse, and colorful butterfly friendly garden that is attractive throughout the growing season. Butterflies need food (nectar plants), cover, water, and plants to lay their eggs on.

When putting together a butterfly garden or improving your local area to be more suitable habitat for butterflies, plan ahead. Determine what environmental conditions you have: soil type and light conditions will dictate which plants are best for your area. Try to proved some areas within your garden that are sheltered from wind so the butterflies can rest and feed with out being blown about. For most plants that attractive butterflies, at least six hours of direct sunlight each day is best, but some plants will grow in areas with less.

Group your plants in large diverse plantings; this will optimize the gardens display and attraction for butterflies. The butterflies will be able to locate your plants from a longer distance away and will more likely find some plants that they like and stay longer. Use plants that vary in color, size, and their season of bloom. Provide a variety of plants that have flowers with different flower shapes. Butterflies have varying lengths of tongues, which are called proboscises, which determine the flowers they can best feed from.

Good butterfly gardens also have cover and shelter to protect the butterflies during windy weather, or when predators come into the area. Broad-leaved trees, shrubs, tall grasses, and piles of sticks and logs are suitable shelter areas. Since butterflies are insect, which relay on the sun to warm their bodies, several sunbathing perches in open and sunny areas throughout the garden will be welcomed by most butterflies. Water sources, which can include, ponds, birdbaths, pans, and buckets are most welcome by butterflies and will provide needed water. If mud is also availed it can provide some needed nutrients.


Plants for Butterflies

Agastache 'Blue Delight' Code: SABD-A9 Price: $2.35 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache 'Hardy Mix' Code: 1AGA Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache foeniculum 'Blue Spike' Code: AGA4 Price: $1.85 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee' Code: Ag99-A9 Price: $2.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache nepetoides Code: AGN4-A3 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache pallidiflora Code: AGH5-A8 Price: $2.75 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache rugosa Code: SAR2 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache rugosa 'Alba' Code: SARA1 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache rupestris Code: SAR1-A8 Price: $2.50 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache scrophulariifolia 'Blue Licorice' Code: SABL-H5 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache scrophulariifolia 'White Licorice' Code: SASWL Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Agastache urticifolia Code: AGH7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea ficifolia 'Happy Lights' Code: AR15-A3 Price: $2.50 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea ficifolia hybrids 'Mixed Colors' Code: SAFH-A3 Price: $2.50 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Bright Pink' Code: AR2-A7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Golden Yellow' Code: 1HJ7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Light Scarlet' Code: AR6-A7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Maroon' Code: AR1-A7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Mix' Code: SARC-A2 Price: $1.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double Violet' Code: ALV5-A7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double White' Code: AR7-A7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Chater's Double jet Violet' Code: ALX6 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Pastorale' Code: CH08-A6 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Peaches'N Dreams' Code: AR14-A7 Price: $2.69 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea 'Queeny Purple' Code: 43AL-A7 Price: $2.35 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea nigra 'Black Beauty' Code: SAR5-A7 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea plena 'Chaters Magnificent Mix' Code: AAX1 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Alcea rosea plena 'Chaters Violet' Code: AL82 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Allium senescens 'Late Selection' Code: ASLS-A7 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Allium senescens 'Tanguticum' Code: AA7T-A6 Price: $1.55 Quantity in Basket: none

Allium senescens ssp. montanum Code: ASSM-A7 Price: $2.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Angelica gigas Code: AG26-A2 Price: $3.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias X tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies Mix' Code: ATGM-A2 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias asperula Code: 520A-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias cordifolia Code: A1CO-A8 Price: $3.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica Code: ASCU-A9 Price: $1.50 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica 'Apollo Orange' Code: ACAO-A3 Price: $2.55 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica 'Apollo Yellow' Code: ASC8-A7 Price: $2.55 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Deep Red' Code: 4XS1-A1 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' Code: ACSY-A3 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Mix' Code: ACSM-A7 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Scarlet' Code: ASC2-A1 Price: $2.80 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias exaltata Code: 113F-A7 Price: $4.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias fascicularis Code: ASFA-A8 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias hallii Code: 4PK9-A7 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias hirtella Code: ASHI-A3 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias incarnata Code: AIM1-A9 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias incarnata 'Mixed' Code: ASIM-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella' Code: ASC1-A3 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' Code: AIIB-A7 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias incarnata 'Milkmaid' Code: AS52 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias incarnata 'Soulmate' Code: AS57-A9 Price: $3.50 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias physocarpa Code: AP07-A3 Price: $2.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias purpurascens Code: 27AS-A Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias speciosa Code: ACPL-A7 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias sullivantii Code: AS01-A9 Price: $2.40 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias syriaca Code: AS02-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' Code: ATHY-A9 Price: $3.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias verticillata Code: AV01 Price: $1.70 Quantity in Basket: none

Asclepias viridis Code: ASVI-A3 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Buddleia davidii 'Butterfly Hybrids Mixed' Code: BDM1-A3 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none

Buddleia davidii 'Violet Butterfly' Code: BU01-A9 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Buddleja saligna Code: BUDD-A9 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Catananche caerulea 'Amour Blue' Code: CA98-A8 Price: $2.45 Quantity in Basket: none

Catananche caerulea 'Amour White' Code: CC41-A3 Price: $2.45 Quantity in Basket: none

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Picotee Hino Maru' Code: 92CO-A6 Price: $1.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Antiquity' Code: CBPP-A3 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Rubenza' Code: CO2G-A3 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sea Shells Mix' Code: SSM7 Price: $0.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sensation Mix' Code: CCM9-A3 Price: $1.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange' Code: 99CO-A3 Price: $2.25 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea angustifolia Code: ECF4-A3 Price: $2.55 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea atrorubens Code: ECF8-A Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea pallida Code: EC75-A3 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer' Code: EPHD-A9 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea paradoxa Code: EP32-A9 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea Code: ECHP-A3 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Amado' Code: EPA1-A2 Price: $2.55 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Baby Swan White' Code: HGY7-A8 Price: $3.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Bravado' Code: EPB2-A9 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star Improved' Code: EPBS-A8 Price: $2.45 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Cygnet White' Code: EPC5-A7 Price: $2.45 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Doubledecker' Code: JH7Y-A7 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Leviathan' Code: ECPL-H7 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Lustre Hybrids' Code: EPLH-A8 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' Code: 09J6-A8 Price: $2.50 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor' Code: EPPS-A8 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Primadonna Deep Rose' Code: EC54-A8 Price: $3.25 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Primadonna White' Code: EA18-A3 Price: $3.25 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star' Code: EPRS-A7 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'Short Mix' Code: EPSS-A8 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' Code: EPWS-A1 Price: $2.45 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea simulata Code: EA07-A7 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea tennesseensis Code: ECF2-A3 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top Hybrids' Code: 513E-A3 Price: $2.45 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinacea x hybrida 'Paradiso' Code: EHP1-A8 Price: $5.95 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow' Code: EBBG-A7 Price: $2.30 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinops bannaticus 'Star Frost' Code: EBSF-A7 Price: $3.99 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinops ritro Code: ER34-A8 Price: $1.35 Quantity in Basket: none

Echinops ritro 'Baby Globes' Code: ERBG-A7 Price: $2.25 Quantity in Basket: none