Planting Trees With Butterflies In Mind

To attract butterflies to your garden it is necessary to plant those food plants that the butterfly larvae or caterpillars will feed on. Throughout Australia butterfly gardening is beginning to gain momentum and if those individuals or community groups engaging in Rainforest regeneration and restoration projects adopt larval food plants into their planting schemes, then it will be the butterflies that benefit. In turn, so too will the casual and serious observer of nature. Remember that if you are providing the salad, expect it to be eaten, so you’re not going to grow that perfect plant so dear to the heart of the chemical industry. Once the trees are established resist the temptation to squash the grubs and experience the joy of adult butterflies flying through your garden.