Help monarchs thrive by growing their favorite food in your yard.
Attracting Butterflies
Want to add some winged wonder to your backyard? Attract butterflies with these butterfly gardening ideas and our expert tips on the best plants and flowers that attract butterflies.
Master Milkweed in 5 Simple Steps
Help monarchs thrive by growing their favorite food in your yard. Read more >
Is This Insect a Moth or Butterfly?
Many people think that moths are the nighttime equivalent of butterflies, but it’s not quite…
How Many Butterflies Can You ID?
Take our butterfly challenge and see how many you know!
How Butterflies and Bugs Hibernate
Butterflies and bugs tuck away for winter under leaves and beneath tree bark.
Top 10 Plants For Swallowtails
Transform your backyard garden into a swallowtail butterfly paradise with these flower favorites.
How to Attract Butterflies by Gardening
Attract more of these fluttering beauties to your backyard with a few simple steps.
Attracting Birds and Wildlife in Extreme Weather
From blizzards to heat waves we’ll show you how to attract birds, bats and butterflies by turning your backyard into a sheltered haven.
Attracting Butterflies: ID Cheat Sheet
Love attracting butterflies to your backyard? Take notice of these flying flowers —they’re pretty incredible!
Attracting Butterflies: 11 Must-Have Host Plants
Need help attracting butterflies to your yard? National Wildlife Federation expert David Mizejewski unveils butterfly host plants you want in your garden.
Diary of Monarch Migration
The “super-generation” of butterflies that migrates to Mexico each year is simply amazing. Learn about the monarch migration journey.
Top 10 Butterfly Host Plants
Ready to take butterfly gardening to the next level? Plant butterfly host plants to give caterpillars a place to grow!
Watching Butterflies
Watching butterflies is a delight at any age, but finding them can be a challenge. Get tips to make butterfly watching easy and fun.
Year-Round Guide to Butterflies
Butterflies aren’t just for summer. Here’s what to look for as the habits of these irresistible charmers change with the seasons.
Create the Ultimate Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Love attracting birds? Don’t stop there. Garden for wildlife to create the ultimate backyard habitat for bugs, butterflies, and more.
Long-Blooming Flowers for Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds
Fill your garden with flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds from summer into fall.
Monarch Migration Magic
Monarchs undertake the longest known butterfly migration. Learn how they do it.
Fall Flowers That Attract Butterflies
When other blooms are past their prime, looks to these fall flowers that attract butterflies to keep your garden alive with color.
Butterfly Gardening Plans
For a fun twist, plant flowers that attract butterflies in a butterfly-shaped bed! We’ve got two plans for you to try.
Butterfly Host Plants Facts
It takes more than nectar to increase the variety of species in your garden. Learn about butterfly host plants and which ones to choose.
Attracting Butterflies With Fuzzy Flowers
Fuzzy flower heads contain hundreds of tiny nectar-filled florets, attracting butterflies from near and far.
Blog: How to Make a Butterfly Garden Planter
Good butterfly gardeners know it takes both nectar plants for adults and host plants for…
Blog: Pentas: Perfect in Butterfly Gardens
At the butterfly garden where I work, I get asked pretty much every day which nectar flowers are best for butterflies. There are a few plants that fit this bill very well, and at the top of the list is Pentas lanceolata, known more commonly as Penta or Starflower.
Blog: Simple Butterfly Photography Tips
Working in a butterfly garden and free-flight exhibit gives me daily chances for butterfly photos,…
