Free Garden Catalogs

What plants and flowers will attract butterflies and insects to my garden?

Public Comments

1. lantanas, butterfly plants also, the home depot or lowes or walmart have info on each of their plants, as to which ones attract butterflies.
2. as many flowers you can put in the garden; ie; daisy,pansy, crivellias,snap dragons,allysiums
3. A butterfly bush. Don't know the technical name for it..they always work well and are so pretty.
4. Buddleia davidii is the botanical name for Butterfly Bush. I have several in my yard. They are alive with butterflies, moths and bumble bees all season. I think they smell great, too. It's a spicy scent sort of like carnations. My whole yard smells good.
5. the butterfly plant it is a bush that gets larger every year. my butterfly plant is purple. they need room to grow. best wishes laney www.michiganbulb.com this is a magizine i bought my plants here.
6. Honeysuckle and Jasmine.
7. I bought a bag of seeds that's "Butterfly & Hummingbird Attracting." Here's what's in it: Baby's Breath Zinnia Chinese Forget Me Not Bachelor Button Cosmos Sensation Candytuft Shasta Daisy Black-Eyed Susat Alyssum Scarlet Sage Foxglove I haven't tried it yet, so I can't speak from experience. I'm hoping to have some butterflies around this summer as well. Hope that helped some. Good luck.
8. this will definitely help u out!: http://springhillnursery.com/search.asp?ss=butterflies&x=0&y=0 http://www.brecks.com/search.asp?t=xx&ss=butterfly&x=0&y=0 http://www.naturehills.com/search.aspx?q=butterfly http://michiganbulb.com/search.asp?ss=butterfly&x=0&y=0 alyssum-carpet of snow also attracts butterflies
9. One of the best especially for butterlies is Buddleja http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/butterflies. Can come in a number of colours (Buddleja davidii) Empire Blue, Royal Red, White Profusion, Black Night , see following UK site http://www.hedging.co.uk/acatalog/Index_Ornamental_Shrubs_13.html This US site has some good info on plants to attract butterflies http://www.nwf.org/backyard/butterflies.cfm
10. to attract butterflies, Annual and biennial garden flowers African marigold (Tagetes erecta) Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum) Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) Candytuft (Iberis amara) China aster (Callistephus chinensis) Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) French marigold (Tagetes patula) Heliotrope/cherry pie (Heliotropium cultivars) Honesty (Lunaria annua) Marigold (Calendula officinalis) Mignonette (Reseda odorata) Stocks (Matthiola incana and hybrids) Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) Verbena (Verbena rigida) Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri) Zinnia (Zinnia elegans) Herbaceous perennials Alyssum (Aurinia saxatilis) Agastache foeniculum Arabis (Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica) Asperula hexaphylla Astrantia major Aubrieta (Aubrieta deltoidea) Blanket flower (Gaillardia cultivars) Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii) Centaurea species e.g. C. dealbata, C. montana, C. macrocephala Dahlias - single-flowered types Elephant's ears (Bergenia species) Eryngium species Garden mint (Mentha spicata) Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) Globe thistles (Echinops species) Golden rod (Solidago species) Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) Ice plant (Sedum spectabile - dark red cultivars are less attractive) Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum) Liatris spicata Michaelmas daisies (Aster novae-angliae, A. amellus) Perennial candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) Phlox (Phlox paniculata) Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Scabious (Scabiosa species) Soapwort (Saponaria species, especially S. ocymoides) Sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Thrift (Armeria species) Verbena bonariensis Shrubs Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii, also B. globosa, B. alternifolia) Caryopteris (Caryopteris x clandonensis) Cherry laurel * (Prunus laurocerasus) Escallonia hybrids Firethorn (Pyracantha cultivars) Hawthorn * (Crataegus monogyna) Heather (Calluna vulgaris) Heaths (Erica species, Daboecia species) Hebe species Ivy * (Hedera helix) Lavender (Lavandula species) Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) Privet * (Ligustrum species) Sallows (Salix species, especially male forms of Salix caprea) Thyme (Thymus species) * These will not flower as young plants and severe pruning, such as clipping to make a formal hedge, inhibits flowering. for plants that attract beneficial insects try http://www.farmerfred.com/plants_that_attract_benefi.html didnt want to make my answer any longer!!
11. Simple. Buy packets of wild flower mix from your garden centre and sow them.
12. One i know off the top of my head is the budlea- butterflies LOVE This!! It also comes in a variety of colours.You will notice all types of butterflies, and place it close to the window so you can look at them from inside- a great talking point!! xx Somebody mentioned foxgloves- be careful if you have small children as they are poisonous.