Butterfly Gardening Guide

GARDENING GUIDE by USA REGION

This section of the Butterfly Gardening Guide identifies the most common butterflies of your region, the nectar plants (flowers) you will need to attract them and (most important) the host/larval plants for the caterpillars to eat.
A very big thank you to Paul A. Opler for letting us use his excellent photos to help identify your butterfly visitors.

This guide applies only to the USA and Canada. For our New British link please go to the bottom of this page.

REGION 1. Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia.

REGION 2. Arizona, California, Nevada.

REGION 3. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, southwest Manitoba.

REGION 4. New Mexico, Texas

REGION 5. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, southeast Manitoba.

REGION 6. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

REGION 7. Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, DC, West Virginia, southern Ontario, southern Quebec.

REGION 8. Southernmost Florida