
When you come out to visit, do not expect to see Butterflies enclosed in a netted enclosure flying around and landing on anything that’s brightly colored. The butterflies you will see are free flying, and come into the garden at their whim. Some years the populations thrive and other years there are hardly any.
Do we have answers as to why this occurs? No, we have not seen any consistent pattern. However, we have noticed that it is critical as to when and how much rainfall we receive and how extreme temperature fluctuations can be.
But typically, by late June, warm sunny days that are not too windy are good conditions for various native species to browse the plants for nectar or to locate that special plant on which to lay its eggs for the next generation to begin its cycle.