Butterfly Gardening

Basics of Butterfly Gardening

Planning a Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Gardeners' Quarterly
Has good info on common North American butterflies, their host plants and adult nectar plants.

Gardening.about.com
Has many links to native plants of the Midwest as well as birding and wild bird links and much much more.

Garden Web
Has info on wildflowers including a link to http://www.wild-flowers.com/

Garden Net
Has info on wildflowers, prairie restoration, wildlife habitat,
butterfly/hummingbird gardening and lots more!

Monarch Watch
Has wonderful info on nectar and larval plants for butterflies.

National Wildlife Federations Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Has a great Butterfly Guide!

Oak Openings
Gives info about the federally endangered Karner Blue butterfly as well as a list of retail outlets that sell Oak Openings native plants.

Oak Openings Region Preservation Alliance

Native Plant & Wildlife Web Sites

Prairie Nursery
Sells native plants and has a very informative catalog on native plants and the wildlife attracted to them.

USEPA Green Acres
Gives excellent native plants lists. Their website has great links to other native plant sites such as Landscaping with Native Plants, Great Lakes plants and the Wild Ones Handbook.

WE-DU Nurseries
Sells many native plants.Check out their wildflower lists.

Wild Ones
Offers the Wild Ones Handbook and good links to other native plant sites.

Michigan (Ann Arbor) Chapter of Wild Ones

Wildlife Gardening
Has many articles on wildlife, bird, butterfly, and hummingbird gardening.