Butterfly Garden at Smithsonian

 

The exhibit suggests a variety of plants from different habitats to turn a garden into a mecca for Tiger Swallowtails and many others.

More than 100 host and nectar plants form a butterfly habitat garden in the center of Washington, DC. This interactive educational exhibit is divided into five areas?EUR??,,????'??+an introductory garden along with meadow, wood?EUR??,,????'???s edge, urban and wetland garden section. So far, the habitat has been host to more than 30 species of butterfly including the Tiger Swallowtail, the Silver-spotted Skipper, the Cabbage White, the Sachem Skipper and the variegated Fritilliary Butterfly.