What type of BUTTERFLIES are you trying to attract?
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail along with as many types of butterflies possible.
What NECTAR and HOST plants are in your garden?
In addition to our naturally occurring plants I have planted:
*Rosalyn Carter’s Seed Mix
*Georgia aster
*Spider lilies
*Swamp milkweed
(from the 2024 Butterfly Symposium)
*Azalea
*bottlebrush buckeye
(from Nemophily Natives)
Some of the plants growing wild on our property include:
*coreopsis
*goldenrod
*passionflower
*pineland silkgrass
*beautyberry
*wild raisin
*Virginia meadowbeauty
and various types of host trees including:
*Sweet bay Magnolia
*red Oaks
*black cherry
*black tupelo
*Poplars
*red maple