Topic: Attracting butterflies and moths

[Georgie]

Thanks for that but I think I'll leave others with larger gardens to make the mud baths.   :)  I agree with you about Dill but I simply don't have the room.  My sunny border is only 24'x6' and there is only so much I can cram in.  I get the light and airy effect with Verbena Bonariensis undeplanted with Ox-eye Dasies and spring bulbs, all of which attract beneficial insects and provide many months of colour. 

G x 

[Belinda]

Plants for breeding butterflies and their caterpillars:

Peacock, Small tortoiseshell, Comma, Red Admiral - common nettle
Large Skipper - c0ck's foot, false broome
Small Skipper - Yorkshire fog
Dingy Skipper - common bird's foot trefoil
Large White - cabbage family, nasturtium, wild mignonette
Small White - cabbage family, nasturtium, hedge mustard, garlic mustard
Green-veined White - cabbage family, nasturtium, cuckoo flower, charlock
Orange Tip - cuckoo flower, garlic mustard
Small Copper - common sorrel, sheep's sorrel
Common Blue - common bird's foot trefoil
Painted Lady - common nettle, thistles
Wall Butterfly - false broome, c0ck's foot, Yorkshire fog, wavy hair grass
Meadow Brown - fescue species, meadow-grass, bents
Ringlet - false broome, c0ck's foot, tufted-hair grass, common couch