Big Butterfly Count

From today until 4th August, spend 15 minutes outside counting butterflies and submit your records as part of a huge citizen science project.

The aim of this initiative is to assess the health of our environment through butterfly monitoring.

In honour of the Big Butterfly Count, we thought we would share some fantastic plants for butterflies with you.

Spring and early summer

• Malus x floribunda
• Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'
• Ajuga reptans
• Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'
• Centranthus ruber 'Albus'
• Allium

Late summer and autumn

• Verbena bonariensis
• Lythrum salicaria 'Robert'
• Phlox
• Buddleja
• Rudbeckia
• Hylotelephium

Want to know more about the Big Butterfly Count and how you can get involved? Follow @savebutterflies on Instagram. Or click here.