A good ‘filler’ plant, Anaphalis margaritacea is easily one of the best plants for a butterfly garden. It makes compact mounds of silvery foliage topped by clusters of white, yellow-centred ...

No butterfly garden would be complete without it. Lots of different varieties of this long-popular plant are available these days, but the Butterfly series of pentas is among the very best.

In the past, most butterfly bush cultivars tended to be vigorous, large-growing shrubby plants, easily reaching 8 feet. Cutting them back hard in the each spring would help control their size.

There are about 750 butterfly species in the United States, according to the Smithsonian Institution, with the cabbage white perhaps the most common. Butterfly sightings in gardens are becoming ...

Grow bee balm plants in full sun and keep their well-draining soil moist. These plants that will fill your garden with a variety of butterflies and other pollinators are perennial in Zones 4 to 9.

Many plants attract butterflies, however, some provide better sources of nutrients than others. According to Garden Design, gardeners should select plants that will support the butterfly life cycle.

Making a butterfly- worthy garden is not as difficult as you might think, however. Provide the right conditions and plants, and you’ll soon realize your goal.

This gnarly but necessary part of butterfly gardening — growing larval host plants — is being embraced by a growing segment of gardeners. It's a seismic shift in gardening.