Butterfly Plants or  Plants that attract/feed Butterflies & Caterpillars 

 A Printable List of all of our Butterfly/Caterpillar Plants         

Updated 1/26/10  

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Plants with this symbol are Host Plants and feed Butterflies when they're in their Caterpillar phase and some can also provide nectar when in the Butterfly phase.  These plants are selected by the Butterfly for egg laying.  

Without caterpillars, there would be no butterflies or moths!  And, in fact, Butterfly populations are decreasing in measurable numbers.  Having Butterfly food (Host) plants in your yard attracts female butterflies, encouraging them to stay and lay eggs. Caterpillars eat a lot as they grow, but they don't usually damage plants permanently and if you've ever seen a Butterfly emerge from it's chrysalis, you'll forget all about the munched foliage!  Promise!  Some folks build a separate 'Host Garden' -- an out of the limelight garden filled with host plants -- knowing they're going to be munched on BUT without host plants, you will have fewer Butterflies.  Some caterpillars are able to thrive on a number of closely related plants while others are able to digest just one specific plant species!  We don't profess to be experts on Butterflies but hope this list and brief information gives you a place to start.

The following Links will take you to the listing for the plant.  Use your Back Button to return to this page at the exact spot where you were on this very long page.  This page is printable with .5", narrow side margins.