Plants For Monarchs Butterflies. The milkweed plant is the sole host plant for monarch butterflies. Here are 5 spring butterfly plants to consider for your garden if you want to help returning monarch butterflies get off to a flying start.
Several plants go by the name butterfly weed but asclepias tuberosa deserves the name like no other. The second type of plant monarch butterflies need are nectar rich plants. Although monarchs have preferences of some varieties over others there are many different species of milkweed plants that monarch caterpillars will gladly gobble up.
Several plants go by the name butterfly weed but asclepias tuberosa deserves the name like no other.
The milkweed plant is the sole host plant for monarch butterflies. The xerces society in partnership with the national wildlife federation and monarch joint venture developed regional monarch specific nectar plant guides for the continental us. Marcia straub getty images. Their caterpillars only eat milkweed plants asclepias spp and monarch butterflies need milkweed to lay their eggs.