What could be more relaxing than resting in your garden as lovely butterflies flutter around you? With their colourful wings and graceful flight, everyone enjoys watching butterflies, but you don't have to leave getting a sight of one to chance. You can choose your plants with butterflies in mind when planning your garden so that you can attract them to your yard and enjoy them at any time. There are hundreds of plants and blooms that attract butterflies, so you'll have no trouble finding plants that will not only attract butterflies but also give your garden the aesthetic you want. These five plants, on the other hand, are very beneficial for attracting butterflies to your yard.

Before you begin choosing plants for your butterfly garden, there are a few things to bear in mind. Butterflies are most busy in the middle of the summer, so choosing blooming plants is excellent. You should choose plants that produce a lot of nectar since this will attract a variety of butterfly populations to your garden. The finest plants for butterflies are those that demand full sun; butterflies prefer to stay in the sun and do not eat in the shadow. Above all, make sure you don't use any chemicals on your plants. Pesticides and insecticides are harmful to butterflies, so you'll be harming the same creatures you're trying to attract.

There are a plethora of possibilities for attracting butterflies to your yard. Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii), Butterfly Lily (Hedychium coronarium), Butterfly Peas (Clitoria ternatea), and Passion Flower are five plants you should prioritize (Passiflora incarnate). These flowers are all butterfly favourites and have shown to be great for a butterfly garden time and time again. All of them are perennial flowers.

Although the five plants listed above have an established track record as top butterfly attractants, it does not guarantee they are appropriate for your garden. You must choose plants that grow in your geographic region as a top priority when selecting your plants. Even if a plant performs a fantastic job of attracting butterflies, if it doesn't grow well where you live, you'll be fighting a lost battle. Any local gardening shop or greenhouse should be able to advise you on the finest butterfly plants to include in your garden for your climate.

Another thing to keep in mind while establishing a butterfly garden is that you don't want to attract caterpillars, but you do want to attract them for optimum benefit. Caterpillars are a gardener's worst enemy since they eat your plants. Caterpillars, on the other hand, produce butterflies, so if you can attract larvae and then caterpillars to your garden, you'll be able to keep the butterflies.