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Gardening for Butterflies. Because butterflies are attracted to flowers, it is easy to plant a garden that both you and they can enjoy. Some of the species you may attract are listed in the table at right. A butterfly-friendly garden contains both adult nectar plants and caterpillar host plants. A few common vegetables also serve as caterpillar host plants. Many butterfly gardeners plant extra vegetables, enough for them and their caterpillars. As an added bonus, butterfly gardens often attract hummingbirds.
Buddleia davidii 'Harlequin' (Harlequin Butterfly Bush). Buddleia 'Harlequin' is a sport of Buddleia 'Royal Red' with creamy bordered leaves, providing a striking 7' tall accent in the garden. The reddish purple flowers top the plant throughout the summer.he sweetly scented Buddleia flowers attract many types of butterflies and at times, the flowers will be covered with hundreds of them. Butterfly bush flowers serve as a nectar source for adult butterflies and the leaves too feed the larvae of some butterfly species.