Learn how to create stunning container gardens that support and attract butterflies, using tips from author and garden expert ...

Have you see all the butterflies in our landscapes recently? Butterflies in the local area seem to be extremely plentiful ...

Show Caption 1 of 6 A pipevine swallowtail hangs from the stem of a plant Monday, May 19, 2025 in lower Bidwell Park in Chico, California. (Molly Myers/Enterprise-Record) Expand ...

Female pipevine swallowtails lay orange-colored eggs on host plants. The pipevine swallowtail caterpillar enjoys eating Virginia snakeroot and vines in the birthwort family.

If you want a garden filled with butterflies this summer, start by filling your garden beds with the plants they love. One of the easiest to grow plants to get your butterfly garden off to a good ...

The large swallowtail butterflies are at their peak of activity in the garden right now, visible in tiny eggs on leaves, in 2-inch long pupa with purplish edges or in their full glory flitting ...

Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

Creating a butterfly-friendly garden involves providing both nectar sources for adults and host plants for larvae. Here are some tips to make your garden a haven for giant swallowtails: Plant Host ...

"If plants are available for nectar sources," he said, "you can garden for butterflies right into September." Or if you like Baltimore orioles, try grape jelly.

Nectar-producing flowers supporting butterflies have also flourished, due to a winter of ground-nourishing rainfall, notwithstanding the devastating rains that swelled rivers and flooded area homes.

Perhaps the most widely recognized butterfly/host plant relationship is between the Monarch butterfly and milkweed. There are over 30 species of milkweed that are native to Texas.

North Carolina’s state butterfly is hard to miss — and also easy to attract to backyards by planting a variety of native plants. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) can be bright ...