Love attracting butterflies to your backyard? Take notice of these flying flowers —they’re pretty incredible!
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.
Long-Blooming Flowers that Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Fill your garden with flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds from summer into fall. Read more >
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 that Attract Butterflies and 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.
From Our Community
Ask an Expert: Butterflies
In addition to working here at Birds & Blooms, I'm also a bona fide "butterfly lady" at the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa, FL (I also…
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It's National Moth Week!
Hey, bug lovers! It's National Moth Week (yup, that's a thing!) and I thought we could celebrate with moth photos, stories, and Q&A here on the Birds &…
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