Flowers To Attract Butterflies
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no .annuals and perennials for butterflies need sun.
Plant them on the perimeter of your yard if that part gets sun.
There are butterfly bushes of course. Marigolds also seem to attract them.
Check the magizenes of butterflies. I know that Birds and Bloom, has alot of info on this. Tho, there are certain plants that attract the butterfly insects too. We have three, and the insects are great to watch, and mate. J
Yes, there's lots of them in nurseries, LOEWES, HOMEDEPOT, WALMART, but you can ask the person in charge of garden dept. they can direct you to some geraniums, begonias, Kalanchoes, pansies, there's a large variety of different flowers.
Milkweed, butterfly bushes, lantana, salvia, Russian sage, Mexican petunias, etc. need some sun but may work if planted along margins of the shade where they can get a little shade. Butterfly weed, A. Tuberosa, is the host plant for monarch butterflies.
There's a bush called Butterfly Bush you can get .