I live in Southern California and I want to attract monarch butterflies to my garden. I know i need milkweed, but what other plants do Monarchs like?
2007-08-11 08:25:24 · 5 answers · asked by crazzysinger 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I found a whole list of them right here: http://www.geocities.com/farfalla247/plantlist.html
Alpine rockcress (Arabis alpina)
Aster (Aster)
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Bugle (Ajuga)
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Campion/ Catchfly (Silene)
Caragana/ Pea tree (Caragana aurantiaca)
Campion/ Catchfly (Silene)
Catmint/ Catnip (Nepeta x faasseniii)
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Common marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Day lily (hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus)
Field eryngo (Eryngium)
French marigold (Tagetes patula)
Golden rod (Solidago Canadensis)
Heliopsis (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium purpureum)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera x tellmania)
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
Ironweed (Vernonia spp.)
Knapweed (Centaurea)
Knautia Scabious (Knautia)
Lavendar (lavandula angustifolia)
Lilacs (Syringa spp.)
Leopards-bane (Doronicum)
Ligularia (Ligularia spp.)
Martagon lily (Lilium martagon)
Masterwort (Astrantia)
Mezereon (Daphne)
Mouse-ear (Cerastrium)
Pennycress (Thlaspi)
Phlox (Phlox paniculata spp.)
Pink (Dianthus)
Pincushion flower (Scabiosa spp.)
Primrose (Primula)
Purple coneflower (Echinaea purpurea)
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Ragged robin (Lychnis)
Sweet pea (Lathyrus)
Sage (Salvia)
Siberian squill (Scilla sibiria)
Snakeroot (Liatris spicata
Speedwell (Veronica)
Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia laevis)
Stonecrops (Sedum spp.)
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Thrift rose (Armeria)
Thistle (Cirsium)
Tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora, C. lanceolata)
Vervain (Verbena spp.)
Vetch (Vicia)
Yellow chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria)
Viburnum (Viburnum spp)
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)
I personally prefer the Butterfly Bush, and Zinnias, they're really easy to maintain, and have butterflies.
2007-08-11 08:32:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
PS living in the southern part of the state you can play a major role is contributing to the continued effort of feeding them on their journey north. Open the Mo Ext link to see how.
M o n a r c h W a t c h
Butterfly Gardening
There is a plethora of plants listed for them
http://www.monarchwatch.org/garden/nectar.htm
http://www.monarchwatch.org/garden/index.htm
Purchase Seeds
http://www.butterflyencounters.com/store/products.php
http://www.butterflyencounters.com/
Monarch Butterflies Eat and Thrive on Milkweed
BONUS ANSWERS
Excellent story of the entire migration
Monarch Migration
Listen to the article
https://muextension.missouri.edu/extensioninfonet/article.asp?id=1553
If you know any children this is a good link for them.
http://www.pmsd.k12.pa.us/schools/conestoga/Monarchbutterfly.html
2007-08-11 10:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purple Coneflowers, Goldenrod, Butterfly Weed and some herbs as well. Every species of Milkweed, and there are many, will bring the Monarchs you desire.
2007-08-11 08:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by Chris B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about Monarchs, but other butterflies love Verbena. I planted it around my lamp post. It's pink in color, & has really spread around the base of the lamp. I bought the Verbena at Lowes, but you should be able to find it most anywhere where flowers are sold.
2007-08-11 08:33:02 · answer #4 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally like the shrimp plants they are pretty and they draw the butterflies to my yard also like bleeding heart .
2007-08-11 13:31:59 · answer #5 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋