If there was only one reason for growing many herbs, it would be butterflies, called by poet Robert Frost his "flying flowers." To invite these lovely creatures to your garden, grow nectar-rich flowers that attract adult butterflies and host herbs to fee their larva. Here are five often-seen favorites butterflies and their favorite herbal snacks:

Butterfly	Nectar Herb	Larva Host Herb
Cabbage White	dandelion, bee balm, dame's rocket	nasturtium, mustard, cress
Giant Swallowtail	echinacea, Joe-Pye weed	rue
Gulf fritillary	daisy, hibiscus, scarlet salvia	passionflower
Monarch	milkweed, goldenrod, mint, thistle	milkweed, dill, fennel
Mourning Cloak	New Jersey tea, red valerian	willow, birch

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly
Or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
—Chuang Tzu, 300 B.C.