Simple Ideas to help Pollinators
10 simple things you can do to help pollinators in your garden
9. Planting for Butterflies
Some Butterflies need very specific plants for their eggs and for their caterpillars to feed on but we know a huge range of UK butterflies need grassland for their caterpillars.
Agree a green space that can be left to grow long – allowing wild plant species to establish amongst the grass that caterpillars can then feed on.These grass spaces can be cut in Spring or at the end of the flowering season. By leaving areas of nettles and thistle (both support 6 species of adult butterfly and a number of caterpillar species) will create spaces for butterflies.
For more information on the specific food plants of our 59 resident butterfly species see this table here on the UK Butterflies website.
To help you with more butterfly specific planting have a look at – Butterfly Conservation for planting ideas, identification help and much more.
