Even though I haven't seen any more butterflies since 07/11/17 when I saw my last Red Admiral feeding on Erysimum Bowles Mauve in my garden just outside Ayr, its fantastic though that two of the best butterfly plants (Erysimum Bowles Mauve and Verbena Bonariensis) have again continued flowering well...

Can anyone ID this Hebe please, it is covered in lovely small lilac and white flowers and is approx 2 1/2 to 3 feet in height and it has been covered in butterflies (mostly Red Admirals) as well as various other types of insects in recent weeks, my neighbour used to have a couple of Hebes in her gar...

During the second half of September there have been loads of butterflies in my garden just outside Ayr, I have seen 10+ Red Admirals on most days with as many as 20 on a couple of days plus a few Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshells, most of them have been nectaring on Buddleja Autumn Delight (this is ...

Hi I have decided to treat myself to a week's holiday later this month and would like to go somewhere in Europe where there will still be quite a few butterflies flying, I realise that butterflies will be much scarcer this late in the season but I reckon there must be some good places in the warmer ...

Hi All Thanks again for all your replies and advice, just to let you know that I have just bought my first few plants this week which are listed below. 1 Buddleja Black Knight (This was the only kind of Buddleja the garden centre currently had in stock but I picked a lovely plant about 3 feet tall) ...

Hi All, thanks for your replies so far. I live in south-west scotland, my back garden is south facing so it gets loads of sunshine which will be perfect for my plants as well as butterflies plus the soil type is loam which is also advantageous. I am really keen to have quite a lot of plants in place...

I have been interested in wildlife but especially buterflies and other insects for a few years now but as I have been living in a flat I have never had the opportunity to create a butterfly garden but recently I have moved to a bungalow in the country which has a pretty spacious garden so my intenti...