+22 Butterfly Garden Raised Bed Ideas. Deeper beds can take shrubby butterfly favourites such as butterfly bush ( buddleja davidii ), holly (supports caterpillars of the holly blue) and lavender. Their flower color varies as well, ranging across white, yellow, green, purple, pink, orange, and red.

These beds provide better drainage, improved soil quality, and fewer issues with pests. Butterfly gardening is a way to design a garden that includes the general requirements to attract your local butterflies, including full sun, lack of pesticides, plenty of nectar sources, and larval host plants for eggs and larvae food. Web plant with a purpose!