Butterfly Gardening

• Butterfly Gardening Web Brochure for the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

• 20 Easy Steps to Successful Butterfly Gardening

• Stellar Butterfly Plants Pages 1 2 3 4

• Getting Started

• Articles

• Nectar and Foodplants

• Butterfly Video and Places to Buy Plants

• Caterpillars

• Butterfly Life Cycle/History and Behaviors

Getting Started

• Anne B. Swengel "Basics of Butterfly Gardening" (PDF file)
• NABA's Program for Butterfly Gardens & Habitats has produced regional butterfly gardening brochures. Each one focuses on a particular region of North America and includes such information as top butterfly nectar flowers, nectar flowers that don't work in this region, top caterpillar food plants, common butterflies for your garden & yard, local & unusual butterflies for your garden & yard, and general comments about gardening in this region.

Articles

• Christina Mild's "Rio Delta Wild." (external link) Articles on LRGV Native Plants
• Christina Mild "Lantana Velutina" Try this awesome plant. (PDF file)

Nectar and Foodplants

• Butterfly Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Short (PDF file) - Mike Quinn
• Caterpillar Food Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Long (PDF file) - Mike Quinn

Video and School Curriculum Material

Richard Moore Outdoors - Wonderful LRGV butterfly and plant clip videos (external link) http://www.richardmooreoutdoors.com/Videos/Insects

Places to Buy Native Butterfly Plants

• National Butterfly Center, Mission, Tx (956-583-9009) www.naba.org/nababp
• Benito Trevino, Rancho Lomitas, Rio Grande City, Tx - www.rancholomitas.com/
• Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, Tx -www.valleynaturecenter.org
• Mike Heep Nursery, Harlingen, Tx - www.heepsnursery.com/
• Valley Garden Center, McAllen, Tx

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