May sees many flowers disappear from the garden. What nectar is available for our flying friends?

Flowers become scarcer in April and I notice what is flowering on our Easter travels.

What flowers have been feeding butterflies in March?

What are the best butterfly flowers for mid-summer in Auckland?

A return visit to Franklin Farm butterfly house in Waimauku, west Auckland, inspires me.

These are the flowers that the butterflies are really attracted to in the first month of summer.

Flowering plants are going into the flower beds and borders, ready for spring. I also take a road trip to see a very special nursery.

What plants worked best in the small butterfly garden this summer? What will I continue to grow and what will be abandoned?

What flowers attract common blue butterflies? Find out with a tour of the butterfly garden led by Zizina otis

A visit to Franklin Farm's butterfly house is AMAZING and I watch monarchs on the beautiful range of flowers.