Libby’s Butterfly Garden in South Carolina

A garden for wildlife of all kinds

Today we ’re visiting Libby Breitenbaugh ’s butterfly garden in Irmo , South Carolina ( Zone 8) .

I have been gardening for over 30 years . horticulture brings me so much pleasure . I set about mybutterfly gardenfour year ago . It has slowly transmute to not only a butterfly garden but also awildlife friendly habitatfor boo , bee , rabbits , and squirrels . My garden lie in of perennials with a few annuals . I have bothnectarandhost plants . My garden supply shelter , food , and piddle for my all my visitant . I live in Zone 8 , in Irmo , South Carolina .

An American Carduelis carduelis alight on the matching flowers ofRudbeckiahirta‘Sonora ’ ( Zones 3–7 or as one-year ) .

Butterfly milkweed ( Asclepiastuberosus , Zones 3–9 ) is essential for any butterfly stroke garden as a server plant for the iconicmonarch butterfly stroke .

An easterly Panthera tigris swallow-tailed coat buttefly sit on the blooms of aJoe Pye weed(Eutrochiumpurpureum , Zones 2–9 ) . The big hoi polloi of flowers on Joe Pye grass are attractive to a extensive range of different butterfly andpollinators .

A monarch butterfly sips on a lantana ( Lantanacamara , Zones 8–10 or as an one-year ) flower .

Orange and white impatiens ( Impatienswalleriana , annual ) .

‘ Salsa Red ’ coneflower ( Echinacea‘Salsa Red ’ , Zones 4–9 ) . Coneflowers are a great source of nectar for pollinators , and manybirdslove the seeds once the flowers fade .

A variety of flowers to please all garden visitors , human and otherwise .

A encompassing view of the garden .

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