My Butterfly Garden

Phlox is a family of plants that butterflies find very attractive, which it makes a good choice for your butterfly garden. It is easy to care for, and looks beautiful when it is in bloom. Phlox is pronounced “flocks”. Phlox can be a low growing plant which is called Creeping Phlox or Moss Phlox. This [...]

Blanket flowers are native wildflowers in the prairies of the western United States. They got their name because the flowers reminded the early settlers of the colorful blankets used by the Native American Indian tribes of the southwest. Their proper name is Gaillardia. Blanket flowers need full sun and good garden soil. They are related [...]

Cosmos is a common butterfly garden plant. It is native to South and Central America. It is an annual flower, which means that the Cosmos only lasts for one summer. It is really easy to grow and will bloom all summer long. It is a fast growing plant that can get up to 4 or [...]

One of the best butterfly plants that I know of is the Butterfly Weed;  whose formal name is (Asclepias tuberosa). It is a perennial wildflower that is native to the eastern United States. You can usually find the Butterfly Weed growing in sunny, dry open fields, its range stretches from New England south to Florida [...]

  Lantana is commonly used in butterfly gardens, because it attracts so many butterflies and hummingbirds. it is a beautiful plant that blooms continuously all summer and fall.   Lantana is native to the tropics. It has many forms, some are shrubby and others are trailing. It has become naturalized in Florida and in some [...]