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Not a host plant for butterflies
- It is not a host plant for butterflies, and it will not support nymphalid reproduction, brace butterfly life cycle, or fatten up growing caterpillars. It just produces nectar that adult butterflies enjoy.
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Known as the butterfly bush, the fragrant flowers of buddleja are a favourite nectar source for butterflies. These undemanding, mainly deciduous shrubs, deserve a place in every garden with their spectacular displays of blooms and honey scent.
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Otherwise known as the 'butterfly bush', buddleia (Buddleja) is one of the best nectar shrubs you can plant for butterflies. It attracts a wide variety of species, including red admiral, peacock and small tortoiseshell. The Buddleja davidii, Buddleja x weyeriana and Buddleja globosavarieties are the best options.
Lavender (Lavandula) is also a rich source of nectar throughout summer. Attract the widest range of species by planting varieties of English lavender, Lavandula angustifoliaand hybrid Lavandula x intermedia, over French lavender, Lavandula stoechas.
Nectar-rich hebeflowers come in shades of white, pink, purple and blue in midsummer, and will attract peacock, red admiral and small tortoiseshell butterflies.
Ivybenefits butterflies in a number of ways. In autumn its flowers attract late-flying species such as the red admiral. The holly blue butterfly lays its eggs on the flower buds in late summer, and the dense mass of leaves provides shelter for butterflies that overwinter as adults, such as the brimstone, peacock and small tortoiseshell.
Fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) is a cottage garden favourite, and its nectar-rich flowers attract a wide range of night-flying moths. It's also the larval food plant for the rare white admiral butterfly, which is highly unlikely to breed in gardens.
The flowers of marjoram or oregano (Origanum vulgare) are a magnet for many varieties of butterfly, including gatekeeper, common blue, small tortoiseshell, peacock, and the meadow brown. Its leaves offer larval food for the caterpillars of the mint moth, Pyrausta aurata.
If left to flower, privet and wild privet, Ligustrum vulgare, their white blooms attract a wide range of butterflies, including speckled wood, comma, holly blue, red admiral and peacock.
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- Buddleia. One of the best-known nectar flowers for adult butterflies, Buddleja davidii produces blooms over a number of weeks between summer and autumn.
- Red valerian. Red valerian, Centranthus ruber, performs best in poorer, dry or chalky soils, where it forms a tidy, compact plant and won't be overwhelmed by other, stronger plants.
- Verbena bonariensis. Tall, with lots of purple flowers on stiff, wiry stems, Verbena bonariensis can be grown through other plants or in a border on its own.
- Sedum. Always go for the old-fashioned pink form of Hylotelephium spectabile, which produces the most nectar when it flowers in autumn. Red varieties tend to be poor in comparison.
Jun 25, 2024 · How to grow buddleja and attract butterflies to your garden. Often derided as a wasteland weed, buddleja lives up to its name of ‘butterfly bush’, its colourful, scented blooms being thronged by colourful pollinators all summer long. National Collection holder and breeder Peter Moore recommends his favourites.
The classic summer-flowering buddleja or butterfly bush (B. davidii) is easy to grow in a sunny spot and just needs some annual pruning to look good. There are a few buddlejas that need sheltered conditions to thrive, so in this guide we explain what to grow where and how care for them.
May 10, 2020 · Buddlejas are also known as the butterfly bush, as they are extremely attractive to butterflies. Their nectar-rich flowers coincide with the time when many butterflies are on the wing, and their deep blooms are only accessible to insects with long tongues.
Also called “summer lilacs,” Buddleja are hardy to Zone 5 and remain evergreen from Zone 8 south. Growing 5 to 10 feet tall, this large, arching shrub produces an abundance of flowers—long, spiked trusses—in mainly purple and pink colors. The shrub grows well in perennial gardens or as a shrub border, and the flowers are good for cutting.
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