Table of Contents

Preface 7 Acknowledgments 8 I The Basics of Butterfly Gardening 10 1 Getting Started 12 2 Butterfly Basics 32 3 Caterpillar Cuisine 68 4 Butterfly Banquet 112 II Butterfly Gardening by Region: NABA Members Suggest Butterfly Gardening Plants 152 5 Challenges of a Cool Climate: Pacific Northwest Butterfly Gardens 158 Butterflies Near Seattle 159 Butterflies Near Portland 162 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Pacific Northwest Gardens 165 6 Butterfly Gardening with Trees: Eastern Deciduous Forest 170 Butterflies Near New York City 170 Butterflies in Massachusetts 179 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Eastern Deciduous Forest Gardens 181 7 Prairie-Plant Inspired Butterfly Gardens: The Grasslands 188 Butterflies Near Chicago 188 Butterflies in Ohio 192 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Grassland Gardens 196 8 Planting with Purpose: The Central Monarch Flyway 204 Butterflies Near Houston 205 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Houston Area Gardens 211 Butterflies Near Kansas City 218 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Kansas City Area Gardens 225 9 Year-Round Opportunity: Butterfly Gardening in Florida 230 Butterflies in a Public Garden 230 Butterflies in a Small Garden 232 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Florida Gardens 237 10 Water-Saving Butterfly Gardens: The Western States 244 Butterflies Near Los Angeles 244 Recommended Butterfly Plants for California Gardens 247 Butterflies in Arizona 254 Recommended Butterfly Plants for Arid West Gardens 263 Plant Inventory 268 Butterfly Scientific and Common Names 272 About the North American Butterfly Association 275 Resources 278 Photo Credits 280 Index 281

About the Author

Jane Hurwitz is the editor of Butterfly Gardener magazine and the former director of the Butterfly Garden and Habitat Program for the North American Butterfly Association. She lives in northern New Jersey.

Reviews

"The North American Butterfly Association offers a lavish guide to remedying their plight in Butterfly Gardening, by Jane Hurwitz. It’s helpfully organized by region, and so straightforward and reasonable that there should soon be many more nectar banquets for these important pollinators."---Dominique Brown, New York Times Book Review

"Butterfly Gardening by Jane Hurwitz is another beautiful gardening book that . . . will get beginners started and serve as an inspiration for experienced lepidopterists."---Tina Winstead, Daily Star

"If you weren’t already inclined to devote some gardening efforts to butterflies, the more than 200 stunning color photos of eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies-and the lovely gardens that support them-that fill advocate Jane Hurwitz’s book would nudge you in that direction."---Andrea F. Siegel, Washington Gardener

"Gorgeous photographs of butterflies and plants dress up the text and graphs, making it a pleasure to read."---Jean Greenlaw, Denton Record-Chronicle