Butterfly Gardening

Butterfly Gardening at the Butterfly Site
Lots of information and links about butterfly gardening.

Caterpillar Host Plants Database
A database of host plants all over the world. One of the best clues to “what kind of caterpillar is this” is what plant it is eating! In turn, if you want to provide a habitat for a particular moth or butterfly, here is where you can look up what it will eat.

Monarch Watch: Butterfly Gardening
A brief introduction to get started with butterfly gardening. Plant lists provided to assist you in getting nectar and host plants.

NABA: Basics of Butterfly Gardening
Start your butterfly gardening by using helpful information and resources from the North American Butterfly Association (NABA).

General Gardening

Caterpillar Host Plants Database
A database of host plants all over the world. One of the best clues to “what kind of caterpillar is this” is what plant it is eating! In turn, if you want to provide a habitat for a particular moth or butterfly, here is where you can look up what it will eat.

Dave’s Garden
A wealth of resources for fellow gardeners to create and interact in a virtual community. Articles, videos, user forums, and a vast database of information about plants. Users comment on plants they have personally raised in their gardens sharing with others their experience.

The Grumpy Gardener
Hosted by Southern Living, The Grumpy Gardener features articles pertaining to gardening in the southeast.

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
A comprehensive, searchable database of 7,500 plants. Each entry includes standard plant information plus a wealth of additional information not found on other sites.

Native Plants

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
A magnificent resource for native plants and native plant gardening. The database has over 8,000 plants native to North America.

North Carolina Botanical Garden
Located in Chapel Hill, NC, a wonderful garden to visit to see native plants “in action”.

North Carolina Native Plant Society: Garden with Natives
An informative section on unique native plants to North Carolina. Plant recommendations, photo database, and more to assist you in finding the right native to add to your garden, or to identify what might have magically appeared in your backyard.

Wild Ones
A bounty of resources for native plants and natural landscaping.