Plants For Butterfly Garden

Most garden phlox will grow in usda hardiness zones 4 to 8.
Plants for butterfly garden. Create a best on the block butterfly garden with these must have plants that butterflies love. Planting a wide range of nectar and host plants is the best strategy for attracting the largest number of butterfly species. Start slideshow 1 of 24.
Including plants like phlox and butterfly bush will surely attract butterflies to your garden. Bright colors and a long bloom time if deadheaded make buddleia the 1 plant for a butterfly garden. Phlox is a low growing spreading plant that forms a blanket of blooms all summer.
Butterflies may be attracted to the garden by a large patch of bright flowers but they will linger longer if there are also areas that provide shelter water sun and a diverse group of plants that imitate the way plants grow in the wild. Butterfly bush butterfly bush is a shrub that s typically covered in butterflies. The a 1 top ranked can t be beat plant for a butterfly garden is the butterfly bush which attracts a wide range of butterfly species.
For best results do a soil test before planting to see what amendments if any you may need soil test kits are available from garden centers or your local county extension service may be. Perennial varieties are great for a year round groundcover. Her hospitality provides spots for sunning and laying eggs host plants for hungry caterpillars shallow water sources and safe harbor when the.