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Butterflies - How to grow your own butterflies - 1
Wild animals will only come to your garden if you grow their food plants, or have the habitat necessary for their survival.
Butterflies are attracted by nectar and pollen producing plants. Click here for  a list of the best plants to grow. Butterflies lay their eggs on one or two species of plant. Listed below are the plants for egg laying and caterpillar feeding for the twenty most common species of Butterfly.
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Brimstone
Alder Buckthorn, Purging Buckthorn
Common Blue
Birds-Foot Trefoil, Red Clover, Rest Harrow
Holly Blue
Holly 1st Brood, Ivy 2nd Brood
Red Admiral
Stinging Nettle
Small Tortoiseshell
Stinging Nettle
Peacock
Stinging Nettle
Painted Lady
Stinging Nettle, Thistles
Small Copper
Dock, Common Sorrel, Sheep Sorrel, Oregano
Large Skipper
Grasses - Cock’s Foot, Wood false brome, Purple Moor Grass,Oregano
Lavender Little Gem/Little Lady/Little Lottie
Small Skipper
Grasses - Yorkshire Fog, Creeping Soft Grass,Lavenders Little Gem/Little Lady/Little Lottie
Gatekeeper
Rough Grassy Places
Meadow Brown
Grasses -
Speckled Wood
Grasses - Meadow grass, Wood false brome, Cock’s Foot, Yorkshire Fog
Ringlet
Grasses - Tor Grass, Timothy, Cock’s Foot,Tufted Hair Grass