Planting flowers and plants to attract butterflies to your garden is a great way to add an additional element to your landscape. Your garden is a great spot to relax in and adds beauty to your landscape, but imagine how great it would be with colorful butterflies flitting about among the flowers. Proper planning in your garden can allow you to plant flowers and provide shelter that will attract butterflies as well as enjoy all the regular flowers that you love.

The design for your butterfly garden does not have to be anything fancy. The butterfly cares more about what is planted than how the garden is laid out so you are free to come up with a design that is aesthetically pleasing to you and fits in with your garden shape. Some things to consider when designing your garden are the size of your garden and the types of flowers and plants you want to grow. Pick a style of garden that you like and ensure it contains the plants and flowers that appeal to the butterflies you wish to attract.

Before you can choose your flowers, you need to decide which types of butterflies you want to attract. In order to this you should know what kinds of butterflies live in your area. You'll want to research which flowers and plants attract the species of butterfly that are native to your area and that you want in your garden.

One element of butterfly garden design that holds true for designing any garden is to make sure you coordinate the colors you select to plant in your flower beds. Butterflies don't really care much about color, but people do and you don't want your garden looking like a hodgepodge of unrelated colors and textures which could create confusion to you and maybe even the butterflies.

One method of designing a garden that is pleasing to the eye is to draw a layout of the garden and plot out where each plant will go then color in the areas where the plants will be. This will give you somewhat of an idea of what the garden might look like in full bloom.

For your garden you can mix and match colors or go with one color palette. If you want a flashy garden, pick bright reds and oranges. These flowers have a strong visual impact and really show up against a green background. If you want a soothing look to your garden then go with purples and blues - combine in some whites to give it a fresh crisp look.

One other thing to think about when choosing a sport for your butterfly garden is the location. You won't want to pick a spot that is too windy as this might not be the most attractive for the butterfly. You also want to keep in mind the growing conditions that they types of plants you are using require and make sure your spot satisfies that. You can also provide some butterfly houses for shelter and some water for your butterflies.

Some plants that butterflies are attracted to include: Milkweed Honeysuckle Day Lilies Lavendar Yellow Sage Valerian Sunflower Daisies Purple Coneflower Summer Lilac