How to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden To attract butterflies to your garden, you need the flowers that produce the nectar that butterflies drink. Nectar is the butterfly’s main source of food. To raise butterflies in your garden you need to grow the plants that caterpillars eat. A butterfly butterfly garden needs:
Baby butterflies (caterpillars) Placing caterpillar foods into your garden will greatly increase your chances of attracting unusual and uncommon butterflies. Plants that provide food for caterpillars
Adult Butterflies Adult butterflies love nectar from flowers. The more nectar you have in your garden, the more butterflies you will see. Some flowers contain more nectar. Flowers that contain lots of nectar will be most effective in attracting butterflies. Flower color is also important to attracting butterflies. Butterflies are near-sighted and are more easily attracted to large stands of a particular color. Tips to attract butterflies:
Nectar bearing plants that usually attract adult butterflies
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