How To Build A Butterfly Garden In Florida. Creates levels strata of feeding opportunities. Use a combination of window boxes patio containers and hanging baskets to help create staggered blooming heights in the butterfly garden.
Start by carving out the corner of your yard where you want to start your butterfly garden. Florida has over 200 species of butterflies some of which cannot be found anywhere else on earth. To attract these delicate creatures your butterfly garden must provide food for both the adult butterflies and their caterpillars.
Add nectar plants including aster black eyed susan butterfly bush butterfly weed cosmos ironweed joe pye weed phlox purple coneflower sedum and zinnia.
A shallow water source for butterflies can be created from a low dish of water on the ground filled with some sand and a few small rocks or twigs for the butterflies to land on to drink. To find the list of butterflies in brevard county click on regional checklists in the top menu bar and in the new page that appears click the down arrow under region and choose united states. Fill the container or dish with water to the same level as the sand. Add nectar plants including aster black eyed susan butterfly bush butterfly weed cosmos ironweed joe pye weed phlox purple coneflower sedum and zinnia.