Butterflies and How to Attract Them

	Creating Butterfly Gardens			Plant the Garden & Enhancement Features for Butterflies
	Butterfly Plants (Table 1)			Watching Butterflies and Conducting a Butterfly Survey
	Furnish Breeding and Feeding Grounds			Common Pacfic Northwest Butterflies (Table 2)
	Create a Planting Plan			Resources

Butterfly watching ranks as high as viewing birds and wildflowers in the Pacific Northwest, all parts of which are home to some butterfly species.

A wonderful and effective way to watch butterflies is to entice them with plants that they and their larvae (otherwise known as caterpillars) use as food. No site is too small to create a butterfly garden. You can begin to meet the needs of butterflies by adding flowers and herbs to an existing flower bed or container garden. Trees, shrubs, and ground covers are also used by butterflies and these can be included in areas throughout your landscape. A colorful grouping of butterfly-attracting plants will help butterflies locate your garden when they are flying through the neighborhood.

A bonus of creating a butterfly garden is that it will probably attract not only butterflies but also other flying pollinators including bumblebees, moths, and hummingbirds.