I live in columbus,ohio and i'd like to start an inexpensive butterfly garden.?

Question

When should and what should i plant? Also my freind said she heard they r attracted to sugar water,is that true? Thanks

Answer 1

Well there are a few plants that butterflies Love..
heres some plants that would do great in any butterfly garden:
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii)
http://butterflywebsite.com/articles/bgq/buddleia.htm
Turtle Head (Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips')
http://www.horticopia.com/hortpix/html/pb2794.htm
'Husker Red' Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red')
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=I630
Helen's Flower (also known as Sneezeweed)
(Helenium hoopesii)
http://www.joycreek.com/273-004D4.htm
Rue (Ruta graveolens)
http://www.floridata.com/ref/R/ruta_gra.cfm
Gas Plant
(Dictamnus fraxinella 'Rubra')
http://www.gaygardener.com/gardenspot/perennial/peren004.phtml
'Galaxy' Hardy Hibiscus
(Hibiscus moscheutos 'Galaxy')
http://springhillnursery.com/product.asp?pn=68042
'Silver Brocade' Artemisia
(Artemisia stellariana 'Silver Brocade')
http://www.deerxlandscape.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=33130&p_catid=108
Lupine 'Russell Hybrids'
(Lupinus 'Russell Hybrids')
http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/p1/gw1095895.html

Answer 2

there are plant that attract butter flies they are called butterfly bushes they come in a rain bow of colors but i like the black beauty i did come to the flea market in cinn.ohio and i sold out evertime i brought these they also come in pink ,yellow white purple i have been in nursery work for 20 years in tennessee

Answer 3

These are the names of plants that attract butterflies in my garden.Butterfly bush and milkweed.

Answer 4

i started with one white butterfly bush, it made a baby purple butterfly bush, then the year after that, had 3 or 4 baby bushes start. you can't beat free bushes. just wait, you'll have a whole family, from one bush.

Answer 5

I wrote an article on designing and creating Butterfly Gardens for my website. http://www.gardenlistings.com

Here's the link, http://www.gardenlistings.com/Butterflies.htm

I hope you find it useful.

Answer 6

the Monarch buterfly loves milkweed plant
when it warms up go hunting for some.
there should be a place on-line to get catterpillers,,why not they do praying mantis and ladybirds and worms