Butterfly Garden
On warm sunny afternoon, this flower garden is often
mobbed with butterflies in search of nectar and a place to lay their eggs. Monarch, zebra longwing, Gulf fritillary and several species of swallowtail butterflies are frequent visitors here. The showy flowers of scarlet milkweed (Asclepias curassavica), tropical sage (Salvia coccinea), butterfly bush (Buddlejia spp.) and black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia spp.) and many other nectar plants attract them. Scarlet milkweed and swamp milkweed (Asclepias perennis) also serve as larval food plants. The Butterfly Garden is a recent addition to the Botanical Garden and was made possible by the generosity of several local businesses including: Matt Stone Company, Consolidated Resource Recovery, Riverview Flower Farms, and Robbins Manufacturing.
mobbed with butterflies in search of nectar and a place to lay their eggs. Monarch, zebra longwing, Gulf fritillary and several species of swallowtail butterflies are frequent visitors here. The showy flowers of scarlet milkweed (Asclepias curassavica), tropical sage (Salvia coccinea), butterfly bush (Buddlejia spp.) and black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia spp.) and many other nectar plants attract them. Scarlet milkweed and swamp milkweed (Asclepias perennis) also serve as larval food plants. The Butterfly Garden is a recent addition to the Botanical Garden and was made possible by the generosity of several local businesses including: Matt Stone Company, Consolidated Resource Recovery, Riverview Flower Farms, and Robbins Manufacturing.