Planting a Butterfly Garden - Family Plot

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Plants that are native to your particular area are always best.

[@The_Crucible714]

I don’t know why she didn’t call it by it’s common name, the “only” plant Monarchs require is milkweed (local milkweed species are best.) Also, those “late-blooming purple asters” are called “New England asters” -though they have a very wide range. Really surprised she didn’t mention a standard perennial used in nearly ALL butterfly gardens, the “Buddleja” aka; “Butterfly Bush” (try getting a local species.) Also, swallowtails love dill and parsley the most, all the other herbs are incidental.

[@weston028]

Thanks, building one to dedicate to my son Emmet, he didn't make it, beautiful selection! Thank you!

[@Gesundheit888]

Sorry about your son Emmet, I bet he will enjoy the butterfly garden even though he can't let you know.

[@mormandoorman1667]

Emmet would be proud!

[@DrJoJoBoxer]

A great tribute. I said a prayer for him. May your garden thrive. May you find great joy and solace in your garden.God bless.

[@justingamz9284]

I'm making mine for a similar reason my grandma past due to cancer bless her, she said she wanted to be remembered as a butterfly and I always think of her when I see them

[@solarroyo02]

May his joy live on 🌈

[@tony9207]

Thank you for showing folks just how easy it is to put a butterfly garden together... i have to say... the trick with the chalk and laying out the plants... what a great idea for planning out the bed! Thank you again. Be well.

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Glad we could help.

[@petesessa2041]

I am putting in my first butterfly garden. This video really helped.

[@yellowrose9355]

Short, sweet, informative! Thumbs up!

[@donnahudson2744]

After I murdered four caterpillars that were munching on my parsley, I decided to do some research and discovered they grow into swallowtail butterflies. I was horrified by what I had just done! I immediately went to Amazon and ordered a butterfly "house" for raising caterpillars. I am now researching planting a butterfly garden, and am so happy to find your video, which addresses the many stages of a butterfly's life. I have made a list of all the plants you have mentioned and will ensure they are suitable for my area before planting, however I will be SURE to include lots of parsley and milkweed. I did not realize until doing my butterfly research that the Monarchs are on the endangered list, and you can actually order the caterpillars online to raise and free, provided you have plenty of milkweed, which comes in many beautiful varieties. Thank you so much for your information.

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Glad we could help. I would offer the advice for parsley to plant enough for you and the caterpillars. Enjoy the butterflies!

[@carolhernandez8156]

Thank you for the great info. I’m building a 2020 butterfly garden in memory of my mother.❤️🌹

[@lacrazy420]

I can't wait to make my own butterfly garden

[@tlk1427]

This is so helpful! I’m in the environmental club at my university and we’re taking over plots and other gardening places all over campus😁

[@janielookscloudy7244]

All it needs is a trellis for the crysillis....beautiful!

[@cathyplantlover2862]

Cool video thanks for the ideas on the sand drinking area...and the rocks.

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Your welcome! Enjoy the butterflies.

[@Dr.SalvatoreVinciguerra]

This is a very well done and informative video. Thanks for sharing your tips in making a butterfly garden with us.

[@sadhe57]

As it turns out I already have, or have had in the past, most of those plants growing here and there in my gardens, and some in containers, so I know they do well here in central New Mexico. I'm excited to pull them all together into one beautiful bed like this dedicated to the butterflies. Thank you.

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Your welcome. Enjoy the flowers and butterflies.

[@mancavegamingandgardening9901]

Some good plant options here. Keeping this in my save for later so I can get a headstart on my 2019 Butterfly Garden!

[@remnantfewministriesminist495]

This was great in helping me to plant my butterfly garden. He was very patient and courteous and she was very informative and prepared. The two of you did an excellent job!

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Thank You!

[@JanieP53]

I learned so much from this video! Thank you!

[@joebradley9700]

I have the perfect spot for a scaled down version of this butterfly garden. This one is very nice.

[@harriettpavon-rosado6543]

I transformed my slope area into a butterfly garden.

[@lilliamnarvaezgarcia2198]

Wonderful ideas! Thank you..

[@dallywilliams6606]

Thank you for this helpful lesson, I’m planning on starting my own butterfly garden. This really is a big help.

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Your Welcome. Hope you get lots of butterflies!

[@butterflyplanet6626]

Great tips for a butterfly garden!

[@kashmimi]

Excited to do a mini version on a small balcony :)

[@alfredhitchcock1041]

FYI - Asclepius (milkweed) attracts lots of insects, not just monarchs, and many of those insects prey on monarch eggs, monarch caterpillars & monarch crysalis. So when you plant asclepias, you’re going to attract lots of insects that will kill your monarch eggs/caterpillars/chrysalides. It’s the cycle of life that nobody explains when they tell you to plant milkweed. Don’t expect 90% of those monarchs to become butterflies unless you are an intensive monarch-raiser, meaning you have to take the leaves off the plant as soon as eggs are laid, bring the leaves indoors & put them inside a butterfly cage. The best time for monarchs to become butterflies is the end of summer/early fall because there are fewer insects around that prey on your eggs, caterpillars & chrysalides. PS - one of my worst monarch marauders was the praying mantis. The mantids hid in my butterfly bushes & killed the monarchs once they became butterflies. Praying mantises love to eat the bodies of the butterflies. If you notice pairs of butterfly wings on the ground but no butterfly body, you’ve got praying mantises hiding in your foliage. That was a very big surprise for me.

[@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens]

thank you for this critical info

[@lesliekendall5668]

Thank you! I have a butterfly cage on my shopping list. 👍

[@Knowmee]

Wow. I know it’s the circle of life but it’s sad they eat butterflies. Thanks for sharing this info!

[@DennisLaceyVlogs]

Thank you! One of the butterflies I raised I put it on a milkweed, and when I came back I only found wings and no body. This is the first answer I found on who done it!!!

[@christhompson4270]

Thank you for sharing, awesome 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@warp9p659]

Bee balm is perennial in my area and spreads vigorously.

[@harriettpavon-rosado6543]

I love it!

[@teddibrownbrown3620]

My favorite so far !

[@gypsyspirit5749]

Beautiful

[@michaeljonesdougherty.209]

The family plot butter fly garden .very pretty has lots of wonderful plants ive a handful of the same plants in my yard ! Thanks for shareing. 😊

[@gladis814]

love it

[@donnamarie4443]

How lovely, thanks for sharing!🤗

[@kymberlyholcombe263]

Donna, how did your butterfly garden turn out?

[@sandiestrada6676]

Thank you so much, you were so informative! I will be starting a butterfly garden! Again, Thanks!

[@horsepoorwilson]

Pretty

[@robbiereed2175]

Awesome video!!! Great job covering all things butterflies!! ❤️🌺

[@sean2val]

Nice cheers from Australia

[@JesiDavisBuildingaSimplerLife]

I LOVE this video!! Very helpful!!! Thank you

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Glad we could help!

[@harriettpavon-rosado6543]

Excellent video. Great tips. I think I have about 98% of those plants in my Butterfly Garden. Thank you. #FranklintonNorthCarolina

[@Bansheekilr]

I would water around the roots before mulching to guarantee hydrated roots.

[@chrissysimpson6692]

Thank you so much ill be making a butterfly garden for next year...

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Glad we could help. Good luck with the butterfly garden!

[@LarryDickman1]

Good job with the garden of this size. For those who get hooked on pollinator gardening, plant 3 plants of each flower in bigger beds. Pollinators like to stick with a grouping of one type of flower and then move on.

[@lesliekendall5668]

Do you plant in 3's even if it's a shrub?

[@LarryDickman1]

@@lesliekendall5668 If you have the room and they don't to be monster size when mature. You'll have to research what you are planting.

[@naturie9391]

Amazing !!!

[@SarahB-yh7hq]

Could you give me a complete list of all the plants in this video. I’m not quite sure of the spelling on certain ones. My second question is what is the dimensions of this flower bed?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Here is the list of what plants were used: www.familyplotgarden.com/planting-a-butterfly-garden.html. The bed is 4'x8'

[@rosedolch8637]

Plants in the Family Plot Butterfly Garden Perennial Flowers: Kniphoflia ‘First Sunrise’ - Red Hot Poker Liatris sp. - Liatris Gaillardia sp. - Blanket flower Phlox sp. - Phlox Echinacea ‘Pow Wow’ - Coneflower Symphyotricum oblongifolium - Aromatic Aster Asclepias tuberosa - Milkweed Sedum ‘Autumn Fire’ - Fall Sedum Perovskia atriplicifolia - Russian Sage Rhudbeckia hirta - Black-Eyed Susan Annuals: Lantana sp. - Lantana Zinnia sp. - Zinnia Vinca sp. - Periwinkle Portulaca sp. - Moss Rose Heliotrope sp. - Heliotrope Monarda sp. - Monarda Herbs: Chives Oregano Parsley Thyme

[@bikkihsn]

Thank u so much

[@Kminer007]

All most all those plants will spread enough to take over the whole garden.

[@lepidlover0557]

Keep them deadheaded and use varieties that don't spread underground using rhizomes

[@teddibrownbrown3620]

Thank you so much !

[@zulygirl4412]

Great video. Bee balm is a perennial, though.

[@viceroyone]

Beautiful!

[@SadgamayaNature]

Nice

[@rethawallace7284]

Thank you show me how made butterfly garden.❤❤❤❤

[@jeannelaurente9378]

I clicked on the link for the list of plants you used here but that link is not available. Do you by chance have another link for that list??

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Thanks for letting us know! I have fixed it. It works now.

[@juliannejennings4844]

I'm just starting my garden... this video is so helpful. Can you provide a list of plants mentioned here?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

There is a link to the list in the description.

[@katherinerosemore274]

Hey, great video man!

[@jamesnack3077]

It would have been helpful to beginners is she had also used the common terms of the flowers.

[@almavillarreal6734]

Thank you for the video. It was very well done and helpful! Would it be ok to plant them directly to the ground or it's best to have them on a raised garden bed like your video?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

You can plant them in the ground. We just had an unused raised bed so that's what we used.

[@mariannaarie]

Thanks for the awesome video! Could you tell me the measurement of this garden bed?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

It is 4'x8'

[@michelleh4098]

This is a great video. But just as a gentle cautionary, if you plant butterfly weed, three plants won't be enough. We planted three plants last year in our garden in the spring and by late August, a monarch butterfly laid her eggs on them. We had literally dozens of hungry caterpillars and they ate up all of our milkweed before we could feed them all. I had to rehome many to friends I knew had extra milkweed, lol. Plus, the more you plant, the more caterpillars you will have. This coming year, I plan to grow extra milkweed in my sunroom in pots to have on hand for extra food. :)

[@michelleh4098]

NOTE: Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars will eat.

[@jjtian4670]

native flowers/plants support biodiversity :)

[@johnrobinson6112]

Excellent!

[@christinebate859]

I really want more butterflies in my garden ,somehow! How about Asters .. ?or ,zinnias ? Portulaca ? Should I seed my garden.?

Like , very good video. Done + bell on. Thanks

[@phillipicohen]

Very informative and helpful demonstration. Did you ever go back in later years to show what the garden looks like over time?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

We do. Because of your question I have created a playlist with our butterfly garden videos. Thanks! kzbin.info/aero/PLalgWdpIXuNoPepsxIRdW_e6FALaiIi3n

[@phillipicohen]

@@FamilyPlotGarden Thank you very much.

[@rethablair6902]

New subscriber here😅

[@TheButterflygarden]

😘

[@Jorg05111980]

Really nice plant selection, but I'd wonder how this looks after one year, because this seems very cramped. One Russian Sage can already take up quite some space...

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

This is what is looked like at the end of the growing season: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3iYoXivqMholaM. This year we will have to replant the annuals. We will be doing a video about it when we plant in a couple of months.

[@capicuaaa]

@@FamilyPlotGarden It's looking fabulous! Thanks so much for helping our butterfly friends. I'm also planting for butterflies and pollinators. I was wondering if you use fertiliser? I hope not. I think we need to get that message out there as I have read several comments on KZbin videos where people have bought plants for pollinators and that were labelled as such, only to find out they had been sprayed with neocides thus defeating the whole purpose...

[@jnetruth]

I concur . after a couple years this would be quite crowded I would think .

[@emmafuentes23]

Is there an updated video on the garden?

[@valeriaxreyes]

this is beautiful, but where can they build their chrysalis 🥺

[@rosedolch8637]

you can put a small section of chicken wire or cattle fence near it.

[@valeriaxreyes]

@@rosedolch8637 thank you!!

[@kinglyzard]

Monarda is an annual? Its perennial here in the Midwest.

[@saundradodson2351]

Didn't explain what size the bed is for plants, anyone know?

[@Gesundheit888]

Summer phlox needs a moist soil while Russian sage needs a dry ground. Be more carful how you plant these plants in one bed.

[@paulajoannerussell8502]

Gorgeous 💖

[@tenochmantechta1154]

What kind of sand is used in the dish

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

It can be any kind of sand. It's purpose is to allow the butterflies to land on it and drink the water without drowning in the water. Finer sand will wick up the moisture better for easier drinking.

[@jbello9398]

Would've been nice if you included a list of the spelling of the names and a few links as to where to buy them

[@LarryDickman1]

Watch it again and pause it to write the plant names down. They are very common so any nursery or big box store will have them.

[@jbello9398]

@@LarryDickman1 😀

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Here is their list. Of course, it’s best to use plants that are native to your particular area, though. www.familyplotgarden.com/uploads/2/6/2/5/26256231/butterfly_garden_plant_list.pdf

[@JagdeepBains-q8p]

Follow up on that please. Wants see the end results. Thanks

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

It is still going several years later and we occasionally do video pieces about it. Check out the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLalgWdpIXuNoPepsxIRdW_e6FALaiIi3n

[@rodney73991]

theory... hanging butterly garden for cemeteries. how plant butterfly garden if cain put flowers percent in ground.

[@tacotac10]

Monarda is a perennial...?

[@greentea5094]

She's trippin

[@mik_noko5034]

Yes

[@lepidlover0557]

@@greentea5094 In some areas, some plants are grown as annuals because the frost is too strong for them to toughen out and kills them at the root.

[@Vendumtl]

😍😍

[@6996katmom]

Would all those flowers live and grow here in TX? I have lantana, but I would love to do a butterfly garden in my yard. I have the giant swallowtail larvae all over my lemon tree leaves. I love seeing them, but I only have a new small tree because of the freeze last year that took out all my citrus. By the time they grow up, I have no leaves left on my little lemon tree. I am starting over with the citrus, but I haven't been able to find a navel orange tree. What would some good plants for me to buy for my butterfly garden?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

Most of these plants would work in Texas.

[@crankbait09]

What size was that garden? How deep was it? What type of dirt was used?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

It is 4'x8' and about 18" deep. For soil to fill it we used 50% compost and 50% screened soil (native top soil) Here is a video about how we built it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYbGlIGJo954a7s

[@crankbait09]

@@FamilyPlotGarden awesome, thank you!

[@justmejo9008]

This would cost a fortune .. But could build it over a couple or three years I guess.

[@lepidlover0557]

You could also just use smaller containers and buy clearance plants, start them from seeds or propagate your own. And use cheaper soil mixes. Most of the plants here aren't too picky about the soil they will grow in so long as it drains well.

[@itmaslanka]

You forgot the Pensa !

[@tamijc]

Please use common names!!

[@kathyjenkins4067]

What is the name of the plant that is just for Monarch butterflies?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

It is milkweed.

[@lesliekendall5668]

Why the sand in the water dish?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

The sand is helping to make the water accessible to the butterflies. The butterflies need to be able to reach the water but drowned in the water. Thanks.

[@alishaberrey4479]

Would these flowers work for NW Louisiana?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

They should.

[@yareiza]

How often would I need to water this?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

The plants Joellen used are drought tolerant. Last summer we only watered it a few times when it has not rained in a week or two. Here is a video about when we let it go too long: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH26dZ6Forxmrpo. In this case it had probably been without water for three weeks or so in the heat of summer (90 degrees or more every day) in a raised bed, so very dry.

[@newnormtrump7519]

CAN YOU EITHER SHOW US A HUMMINGBIRD VIDEO OR HUMMINGBIRD WITH BUTTER FLIES PLEASE BECAUSE IM TRYING TO WORK ON BOTH AND ID SO APPRECIATE THAT EVEN IF YOU JUST SHOW US WHAT YOU DID FOR THE HUMMINGBIRDS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASAE HELP ME

[@lesliekendall5668]

Hummingbirds are going to like the same nectar plants as butterflies. It's the bees that like a larger, flatter flower that has a big center.

[@bebekanter6640]

What are the dimensions of the garden?

[@FamilyPlotGarden]

It is 4' by 8'

[@bebekanter6640]

@@FamilyPlotGarden It's reassuring to know that all I need in 32 sf of sun is a minus. Is there an optimum size. I'm planning 2 gardens, one at my house and one at my grandchildren so that they can grow up with species that will be extinct and can tell their offspring about the old world.

[@Wolfkyrie]

There are several types of milkweed for monarchs lol not just that

[@PMineo1803]

I just bought some milkweed and had Monarch's laying eggs on it before I cold get them in the ground. :) Plant them they will come. LOL

[@jayyoung2586]

Asclepias - correct spelling

[@Bill-bi5dj]

Are these flowers dog safe?

[@lepidlover0557]

As far as the milkweed, definitely a no, but the herbs such as parsley and thyme shouldn't hurt. As far as the other flowers, I'm not too sure

[@stephenjennings9548]

This would be a praying mantis hotspot huh

[@oddopops1327]

:-)