Butterfly Inn
This attractive cedar butterfly shelter is hand cut, drilled, and assembled with wood glue and nails or screws to secure against weather damage. They feature the recommended 3/8” x 3.5” slits to limit access to native butterfly species. There is a swing out door for access to clean out as well as periodic inspection for the presence of wasps or spiders. The door allows for the placement of an upright tree branch or section of bark to provide the resting place for the butterflys. The house has a hole in the floor and a wood stop for inserting the 4 foot 3/4” copper pole which can be purchased at a hardware store. The house should be 3 to 4 feet off the ground when installed. The location for placing in your garden is suggested near a woody area of host plants and nearby access to nectar producing plants (see list of common variations of host and nectar plants below). The dimensions are 23” x 7.5” x 7.5”
Some garden plants that are easy to grow, fairly drought tolerant, and that act as nectar/ host plants include:
Native Nectar Plants for Butterflys
Wild Sweet William (Phlox divaricata)
Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Squaw-weed (Packera obavata)
Star Tickweed (Coreopsis pubescens)
Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)Coneflower family
Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia silphilitica)
Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis)
Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea)
Aster
Coreopsis
Sunflower
Goldenrod
Native Host Plants for Butterflys
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly milkweed
Spider milkweed
Asters
Leadplant
Passion vine
Sunflower
Sedges
Golden alexander
Pipeweed
White or Green Indigo
Spicebush
Monkey Flower
Sources: Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (www.mowildflowers.net
and Songbird Station (www.songbirdstation.com)
This attractive cedar butterfly shelter is hand cut, drilled, and assembled with wood glue and nails or screws to secure against weather damage. They feature the recommended 3/8” x 3.5” slits to limit access to native butterfly species. There is a swing out door for access to clean out as well as periodic inspection for the presence of wasps or spiders. The door allows for the placement of an upright tree branch or section of bark to provide the resting place for the butterflys. The house has a hole in the floor and a wood stop for inserting the 4 foot 3/4” copper pole which can be purchased at a hardware store. The house should be 3 to 4 feet off the ground when installed. The location for placing in your garden is suggested near a woody area of host plants and nearby access to nectar producing plants (see list of common variations of host and nectar plants below). The dimensions are 23” x 7.5” x 7.5”
Some garden plants that are easy to grow, fairly drought tolerant, and that act as nectar/ host plants include:
Native Nectar Plants for Butterflys
Wild Sweet William (Phlox divaricata)
Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Squaw-weed (Packera obavata)
Star Tickweed (Coreopsis pubescens)
Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)Coneflower family
Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia silphilitica)
Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis)
Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea)
Aster
Coreopsis
Sunflower
Goldenrod
Native Host Plants for Butterflys
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly milkweed
Spider milkweed
Asters
Leadplant
Passion vine
Sunflower
Sedges
Golden alexander
Pipeweed
White or Green Indigo
Spicebush
Monkey Flower
Sources: Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (www.mowildflowers.net
and Songbird Station (www.songbirdstation.com)
This attractive cedar butterfly shelter is hand cut, drilled, and assembled with wood glue and nails or screws to secure against weather damage. They feature the recommended 3/8” x 3.5” slits to limit access to native butterfly species. There is a swing out door for access to clean out as well as periodic inspection for the presence of wasps or spiders. The door allows for the placement of an upright tree branch or section of bark to provide the resting place for the butterflys. The house has a hole in the floor and a wood stop for inserting the 4 foot 3/4” copper pole which can be purchased at a hardware store. The house should be 3 to 4 feet off the ground when installed. The location for placing in your garden is suggested near a woody area of host plants and nearby access to nectar producing plants (see list of common variations of host and nectar plants below). The dimensions are 23” x 7.5” x 7.5”
Some garden plants that are easy to grow, fairly drought tolerant, and that act as nectar/ host plants include:
Native Nectar Plants for Butterflys
Wild Sweet William (Phlox divaricata)
Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Squaw-weed (Packera obavata)
Star Tickweed (Coreopsis pubescens)
Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)Coneflower family
Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia silphilitica)
Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis)
Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea)
Aster
Coreopsis
Sunflower
Goldenrod
Native Host Plants for Butterflys
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly milkweed
Spider milkweed
Asters
Leadplant
Passion vine
Sunflower
Sedges
Golden alexander
Pipeweed
White or Green Indigo
Spicebush
Monkey Flower
Sources: Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (www.mowildflowers.net
and Songbird Station (www.songbirdstation.com)
About our product line
We make every effort to ensure that all of our wildlife nesting boxes or feeders are made with materials that meet the recommendations of naturalists for the well-being of the animals. Our wood products are made of raw white pine treated with natural linseed oil for moisture resistance and luster, or natural rough cut cedar. Their construction features glued joints along the roof line and metal screws for long term stability. Most of these boxes can be post or pole mounted following recommended installation guidelines supported by most naturalists for the bees’, birds’, bats’, ducks’ and butterflies’ safety. An improperly mounted box can put the animals at risk to predators. The roofs on the pine houses are painted with neutral color of water based exterior latex paint (two coats plus a latex primer underneath). We avoid bright colors which may look nice but can attract many predators.