How do you attract butterflies to your garden?

Question

How do you attract butterflies to your garden?

Answer 1

I plant zinnias.

Answer 2

Plant a buddlehia (that`s a butterfly bush) they love them

Answer 3

As others have said Buddleia... attracts loads of butterflys and is soooo easy to grow..... quite pretty too

Answer 4

click my fingers & say " how u dooing"...... ok i get some stray tom cats but generally it works ok

Answer 5

As well as butterfly nectar plants, why not try some caterpillar food plants?  Getting butterflies to breed in your garden is a fantastic way of ensuring you will be able to enjoy watching them regularly while helping to conserve various species.  For instance, the beautiful Orange Tip butterfly likes to lay its eggs on garlic mustard and cuckoo flower, amongst other plants.

This site is great for info on what food plants are favoured http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk - though of course not all the butterflies inhabit all areas of the UK, so the more common ones like Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Orange Tip are good to concentrate on.

You might be interested in getting in touch with Butterfly Conservation, the main body for enthusiasts in the UK http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/

A great little company on ebay sells plug plants that are super butterfly attracters http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wild-Flower-Collec...

Answer 6

colourful flowers.

Lupins are the best.

Answer 7

With Flowers that Butterflies Love!

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Bush

Buddleia davidii Butterfly Flower

Schizanthus wisetonensis

Butterfly Lily

Hedychium coronarium Butterfly Pea

Clitoria ternata Yarrow

Achillea millefolium  

Columbine

Aquilegia Sea Pink

Armeria maritima Aster

Callistephus chinensis

Sea Holly

Eryngium bourgatii Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum Shasta Daisy

Chrysanthemum shasta Gloriosa Daisy

Rudbeckia hirta

Butterfly Orchid

Oncidium papilio Violets

Viola pedata Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

Blanket Flower

Gaillardia aristata Lilac

Syringa vulgaris Rabbitbrush

Chrysothamnus nauseosus

Cinquefoil

Potentilla fruticosa Burning Bush

Dictamnus albus English Lavender

Lavendula angustifolia

Gayfeather

Liatris spicata Passion Flower

Passiflora incarnata

Answer 8

i put big sign FREE FLOWERS FOR BUTTERFLIES

lol

Answer 9

Grow Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica).

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/rbb-01....

Answer 10

first find out what butterflies are indigenous to your area. then research what that butterfly likes to eat. some like fruit, some water, some are picky about what kind of specific flower they like. here are some good links:

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/nature/butt...

http://www.essortment.com/all/createabut...

have fun! get some binoculars too, so you can get an up close look at them. it will help you to identify the butterfly.

Answer 11

Check nursery catalogs for the  "Butterfly Plant". Its flowers are known to attract butterflies and its easy to grow.

Answer 12

plenty of flowers in your garden thats your best bet

Answer 13

Butterflies like bright coloured flowers, long grasses and nettles. You always see lots of butterflies in over run gardens and fields. This website should help -

http://www.nwf.org/backyard/butterflies....

Answer 14

Flowers,,have a look on line to see which butterflies like which certain flowering plants,butterflies bring i the birds and your garden will be alive with wildlife if tended correctly

Answer 15

Place a ad in your local paper.