How to attract butterflies to your garden

How to attract butterflies to your garden

Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
A common blue butterfly perched on a grass head, with its blue wings spread open

Common blue (male) © Tom Hibbert

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A large white butterfly feeding on lavender flowers

Large white butterflies are fond of lavender. Image by Megan Lowe

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