Growing Food & Butterfly Habitat in the Willamette Valley

Follow along as I grow many kind of fruit, veg, and mushrooms in my shady, slug-infested garden of western Oregon. And try my best to restore my wetland and forest to a butterfly/habitat paradise.

By Amy Manning

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Native Butterfly Host Plants for the Willamette Valley in Oregon (listed by plant)

Doing some garden planning? Here's a list of native plants that support butterfly caterpillars.

Feb 24, 2024•Amy Manning

1. A photo investigation of favored Willamette Valley, Oregon butterfly nectar plants Find out which species of plants appear to be most important to support butterflies in the adult phase of their life cycles. This list is specific to…
Mar 15•Amy Manning

2. Moth Host Plants for the Willamette Valley in Oregon A great big list of host plants for moths in our bioregion!
Mar 8•Amy Manning

3. Butterflies of Willamette Valley, Oregon Included here is a flight timing chart and a combined obligate host and preferred nectar plant list for the butterflies of our specific bio-region.
Mar 23•Amy Manning

4. Updates to habitat seedling projects Raising native seeds has been easier than I expected, except for the birds and slugs wanting to eat many of them.
Jun 16•Amy Manning

5. Nature walk late spring habitat notes Observations on various native plant growing conditions to incorporate into the garden.
Jun 11•Amy Manning

6. Western Bumble Bee: a bumble bee identified as a species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Willamette Valley region of the Oregon State… I have written about multiple declining bumble bees in our region once before, but I was surprised to see in the recently released update of the Oregon…
Jun 8•Amy Manning

Growing Food & Butterfly Habitat in the Willamette Valley