Flowers that Attract Butterflies

How to Attract Beautiful Butterflies to Your Yard or Garden

Butterflies are fascinating creatures that many people enjoy observing, and butterflies are beneficial insect people want to attract to their gardens and yards. If you enjoy watching butterflies flutter and glide, and if you are captivated by their brilliant colors and graceful flight, consider planting flowers that will attract butterflies to your yard and garden. You will be astounded by the varieties of butterflies you can attract by simply planting specific flowers. Butterflies feast on nectar-rich flowers that are fragrant and incredibly beautiful. The following flowers are suitable for most hardiness zones, and they will attract scores of butterflies to your garden and yard.

Depending on your location, the following flowers will attract butterflies such as silver-spotted skippers, anise swallowtails, tiger swallowtails, fiery skippers, Peck’s skippers, the common sulfur, and dogface butterflies. Plant the following flowers, and consider keeping a journal to record the types of butterflies you attract to your yard. Many more varieties of butterflies may feast on the beautiful flowers you provide, and keeping a journal complete with photographs is a fantastic way to enjoy beautiful butterflies all year long.

Fairy Tale Pink Daylilies

Lilies are beautiful flowers, and fairy tale pink daylilies are no exception. These daylilies are a lovely shade of pink, and the creases in the petals make these flowers look like fine crepe paper. Butterflies absolutely love these flowers. These eye-catching flowers are rich with nectar and are magnets for beautiful butterflies. You’ll be amazed at the number of butterflies you will attract with these lovely pink flowers.

Fairy tale pink daylilies reach a maximum height of about two feet. Consider planting fairy tale pink daylilies in areas where you’d like to attract beautiful butterflies. These lilies are best suited for hardiness zones five through nine.

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