Things You'll Need:
- a flower garden
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Step 1
First, select the right area in your backyard to create this butterfly garden.
A butterfly garden needs lot of sun shines, so you need to locate your butterfly garden in a sunny area of your backyard. -
Step 2
Next, in order to attract those beautiful butterflies, you need to have the right flowers that attract the butterflies.
Not all flowers attract butterflies, and different flowers attract different species of butterflies. Here are the nectar-producing flowers that you consider for your garden:
a. Milkweed, this is best for moist environment.
b. Cosmos, it is an annual that seeds itself.
c. Verbena, it is one of the most attractive flower for butterflies, it has purple rounded clusters of flowers.
d. Black eyed Susan, it has golden yellow blooms. -
Step 3
Third, you need to plant lots of host plants so the butterflies can complete their life cycles in your garden. Some of the plants you could consider include:
a. Daisy, it attracts painted lady butterflies.
b. Plum and wild cherry, it hosts coral hairstreak butterflies.
c. Oak, it attracts gray hairstream butterflies.
d. Williow, ash or cherry, they attract the tiger swallowtail butterflies.
e. Apple, or cherry trees, which attracts viceroy butterflies.
Comments
sallyemaycreate said
on 8/27/2009 Very interesting and informative article, thanks for sharing! 5*****
beautyqueen26 said
on 8/26/2009 What a lovely article! Good info! Providing host plants in your butterfly garden is an excellent way to attract female butterflies who will then lay their eggs on the leaves of the host plant. The host plant differs depending on the butterfly species, so be sure to check your local nursery for plants that would provide a suitable 'birthing' environment for larva and soon to be butterflies. Five stars for all your great info. *****