Flowers For Monarchs. Most of the butterfly plants listed below attract monarchs but some will also attract other butterflies hummingbirds bees and moths. Adult monarchs sip nectar from milkweed and lay their eggs among its leaves.
Adult monarchs sip nectar from milkweed and lay their eggs among its leaves. Zinnias add multi bursts of color to your garden with their showy blooms. They don t tend to attract butterflies.
Erysimum bowles mauve a perennial wallflower with mauve.
Since it s currently spring time when writing this you may be wondering how to get these beautiful creatures in your garden more often. Adult monarchs sip nectar from milkweed and lay their eggs among its leaves. Every flower gardener can provide a link on the chain of life of this threatened butterfly by including plants that support the monarch s annual reproductive cycle. Choose which flowers and shrubs to plant.