Create A Butterfly Garden

Creating a thriving butterfly garden requires a few essential elements. To attract a wide variety of butterflies, it’s important to provide food, water, and shelter. Incorporate a mix of host plants for caterpillars and nectar plants for adult butterflies to meet their nutritional needs. Offer a water source by keeping a patch of soil or a shallow container of sand moist. Butterflies also appreciate shady spots to rest during hot days and flat stones in sunny areas where they can bask and warm their wings for flight. Below are some plant recommendations to draw these graceful pollinators to your garden.