We’re Here to Help! Phelan’s offers most of the annuals, perennials, Butterfly shrubs, and herbs listed in Gardening 101 this brochure. Be sure to plant a variety How to attract butterflies of plants to attract to your garden each season different butterfly species to your garden. Open Year-Round 7 days a week Common species in Colorado include: 4955 Austin Bluffs Parkway Monarchs 80918 * 574-8058 Tiger Swallowtails www.phelangardens.com Painted Ladies *local gardening information Black Swallowtails *upcoming classes & events Variegated Fritillary *what’s new at Phelan Gardens Pictured: Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Mourning Cloaks Cabbage Whites Orange Sulphurs Connect With Us! Our monthly newsletter is offered via e-mail. Sign up in-store or on our website to receive special offers, class & event updates and seasonal gardening tips. Follow Us On Social Media Phelan Gardens 4955 Austin Bluffs Parkway Co. Springs, Co. 80918 Pictured: Black Swallowtail 719-574-8058 www.phelangardens.com The “Nursery” Perennials Getting Started The most IMPORTANT part of your butterfly Botanical Name Common Name garden BY FAR will be a place to raise young Achillea Yarrow (N) caterpillars. You will need to plant host plants, Agastache Hyssop (N) Butterflies are one of nature’s most beautiful which are the specific plant a caterpillar likes to Alcea Hollyhock (N,H) creatures, and they are everywhere! By feed on. Different varieties of butterflies will Allium Orn. Onion (N) following a few simple guidelines, you can have different host plants. For example, Arabis Rock Cress (N,H) attract them into your garden to enjoy all Monarch caterpillars will only feed on varieties Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed (N, H) summer long. When planting a butterfly of swamp milkweed, whereas Black Swallowtail Aster Aster (N, H) garden, you must keep their three top needs caterpillars will feed on parsley, dill, fennel, and Aubrieta Purple Rock Cress (N, H) in mind… food, shelter, and a place to raise annual rue. Lastly, remember that some of these Baptisia False Indigo (N) their young. plants are for caterpillars to feed on, so they will Callirhoe Poppy Mallow (N, H) be EATEN and GET HOLES. It’s natural and Centaurea Bachelor’s Button (N) FOOD they will re-grow. Centranthus Jupiter’s Beard (N) As adults, butterflies feed only on liquids. That Coreopsis Tickseed (N) can range from nectar from flowers to pools of Delphinium Delphinium (N) muddy water in the garden. With this in mind, Plants that attract Butterflies Dianthus Dianthus, Pinks (N) you will want to plant a variety of flowering (N)=Nectar Plant Digitalis Foxglove (N) annuals, perennials, and shrubs to attract and (H)=Host Plant Echinacea Coneflower (N) feed your flying flowers. (see plant listing at (N,H): Nectar and Host Plant Eupatorium Joe Pye Weed (N) right for inspiration) In addition to flowers, Gaillardia Blanket Flower (N) you can also add a shallow tray or saucer filled Annuals Hemerocallis Daylily (N) with sand to the garden. The butterflies will Alyssum (N) Nasturtium (N) Kniphofia Red Hot Poker (N) feed off of water that pools in these trays and Calibrachoa (N) Pansy (N,H) Lamium Dead Nettle (N, H) pull from them important minerals and other Cleome (N) Petunias (N) Leucanthemum Shasta Daisy (N) nutrients. Cosmos (N) Snapdragons (N,H) Liatris Gayfeather (N) Dianthus (N) Verbena (N) Lupinus Lupine (N) Tip! Favorite colors are purples Lantana (N) Zinnia (N) Lychnis Maltese Cross (N) and yellows...but don’t limit your Marigold (N) Lythrum Loosestrife (N) color scheme. Malva Hollyhock Mallow (N, H) Edibles/Herbs Monarda Bee Balm (N) SHELTER Dill (H) Parsley (H) Fennel (H) Nepeta Catmint (N) Broccoli (H) Cabbage (H) Annual Rue (H) Oenothera Evening Primrose (N, H) Butterflies need a place to hunker down for Papaver Poppy (N) the night or in adverse weather conditions. Penstemon Beardtongue (N) Shrubs To provide shelter to these winged wonders, Perovskia Russian Sage (N) Botanical Name Common Name you can add shrubs or large perennials to your Rudbeckia Black-Eyed Susan (N) Buddleia Butterfly Bush (N) garden. Butterflies will also roost in wood Salvia May Night Salvia (N) Caryopteris Blue Mist Spirea (N) piles, split rail fences, or any other warm Saponaria Rock Soapwort (N) crevice they can fit into. As far as butterfly Chrysothamnus Rabbitbrush (N) Scabiosa Pincushion Flower (N) houses go, one or two species will use these Potentilla Potentilla (N) Sedum Sedum (N) Viburnum Snowball Bush (N) as shelter, but they are more just a cute Solidago Goldenrod (N) Syringa Lilac (N) decoration for the gardener to enjoy. Thalictrum Meadow Rue (N) Veronica Speedwell (N) .