Tips to attract butterflies in your garden

- Adult butterflies will stay in your garden for longer periods of time if you have plants for them to lay their eggs on.

- Patches of plants that flower at the same time are more attractive to butterflies than a single plant with a few flowers.

- Avoid or minimize the use of insecticides and herbicides.
Plant your flowers in sunny places and provide some rocks or stone walls where they can "bask" in the morning to warm up.

- Provide a few sheltered areas, like shrubbery or brush piles to protect them from wind and rain, and provide caterpillars a nice place to pupate.

- Plant more than one source of nectar. Planting a variety of nectar sources will encourage more butterflies to visit the garden.