HomeBrowseNewslettersContestsAskShare 
AllGuidesQuestionsVideosBy DateRecent Feedback My AccountAbout Us
Home and Garden > Gardening > Advice on August 09, 2011

Attracting Butterflies

Monarch butterfly on orange flower.Butterflies are welcome visitors to the garden. There are various ways to attract these delicate beauties. This is a guide about attracting butterflies.
     

Solutions: Attracting Butterflies

Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up".

Attract Butterflies with Native Plants

Attracting butterflies can be easily be accomplished by using native plants. In my midwest location some of the best plants are Coreopsis, Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) and Echinacae (Coneflower). Also planting parsley in the spring feeds the emerging caterpillars. I recently planted a butterfly/bee garden at a local school, that will be used as a teaching garden.

My Jr. Master Gardeners and Girl Scouts helped plant the garden. It was a wonderful experience. If you garden with children, planting a butterfly garden will give you a chance to teach the children about these marvelous little creatures, and explain how they go from caterpillars to beautiful butterflies.

By Lilly M from NW Michigan

3 0SharePrintFollowPost Feedback
Share Your Feedback: Once you try any of the above solutions, be sure to come back and give a "thumbs up" to the solution that worked the best for you. Do you have a better solution? Click "Share a Solution" above!

Questions

Here are questions related to Attracting Butterflies.

Plants That Attract Butterflies

What are the most popular or most fragrant flowers that attract butterflies?

Hardiness Zone: 8a

By Tineja from Atlanta, GA

SharePrintFollow2 Feedbacks

Most Recent Answer

By esptechy 04/23/2010

Try Salvia, Pentas, and Bleeding Heart.

Follow ThriftyFun