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Provide native nectar and larval host plants to welcome these migratory butterflies

GARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIES Be a Butterfly Savior — Garden for the Monarchs

Keep hope, beauty and kindness alive in the landscape by providing a refuge for these threatened enchanters

GARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIES 7 Native Wildflowers to Make You an Awesome Butterfly Host

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Offer the leaves of these and you’ll get more butterflies than with flower nectar alone

GARDENING GUIDES 6 Plants That Beat Butterfly Bush for the Wildlife Draw

It's invasive, a nonnative and a poor insect magnet. Check out these better alternatives to butterfly bush in the garden

GARDENING GUIDES Hummingbird or Moth? See Why You Want Clearwings Around

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These fascinating moths may be helpful pollinators for your garden. Here’s how to coax them your way

FLOWERS AND PLANTS Help Monarchs and Other Butterflies by Planting Common Milkweed

Summer-blooming Asclepias syriaca is an important larval host plant for the monarch butterfly and attracts a number of pollinating insects

GARDENING GUIDES Entice Eastern Tiger Swallowtails With Summer Flowers

Grow nectar-rich native bloomers and larval host plants for these endearing butterflies

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Asclepias Verticillata

Plant whorled milkweed in dry central and eastern U.S. gardens to attract monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Asclepias Incarnata for a Butterfly Garden

Beautiful swamp milkweed makes it easy to help monarchs and other pollinators in eastern U.S. gardens

GARDENING GUIDES 6 Steps to Creating Your Butterfly Garden

By Debbie Ballentine

Encourage these fanciful winged beauties to visit your garden while helping restore their fragmented habitat