8 gorgeous plants that will have butterflies flocking to your garden – the small shrubs, statement trees and flowers they adore

Plants butterflies love Orange monarch butterfly on carnation flowers in the garden.

Adding a few plants butterflies love to your garden is a must. Who doesn't love the sight of a butterfly floating through a garden, landing on flowers on a lazy summer day?

Attracting butterflies to your garden is relatively easy to do, but it reaps great rewards. Not only do you get the joy of seeing these colourful winged insects flitting around your plot, but you are also ensuring their survival and increasing the biodiversity in your garden.