Thinking of starting a butterfly garden

[Tortuga]

I think a good place to start is by researching the plants native in your area. Not only should they be easy to grow, but they'll tend to also be the plants local butterflies (along with bugs, birds, etc) are adapted/used to utilizing. You want to make sure you have both nectar plants for the adult butterflies and host plants for the caterpillars. Try to have a range of plants that will be flowering year round. Make sure not to use any pesticides, etc that could harm the wildlife you're trying to attract. Good luck! I think it's a great idea.

Didn’t see your post. You’ll like this. For $12 I get a 1 year subscription to the Missouri conservationist. Great magazine!
Lots of amazing articles and info. Anyway, I was flipping through some older magazines I had and found this insert.

Lol!Perfect!


I’m takin this with me tomorrow to help ID a plants.

 

[Tortuga]

This, absolutely. I was actually trying to name plants I thought would be native to the Kansas City area; looking at the list now, I may have been off the mark. This is, broadly speaking, the best principle for planting.

Huh. Gingkos don't technically flower, so I wonder what you're referring to.

Just googled this. Gingko trees fossil records go back 240 million years where as the earliest flowering plant first appears 130 million years ago.