The Cabbage White Butterfly
The cabbage white is the most common butterfly. Cursed by veggie growers everywhere, the cabbage white lays its eggs on plants from the cabbage family. They can strip a whole crop.
Still, it's a pretty little butterfly.
Host Plant: Any plant from the cabbage family.
Nectar Plant:
Catmint or nepeta (this is NOT catnip) is covered all summer long with butterflies. Nepeta, Walker's Low especially, is a low mounding perennial that grows to about 10 inches tall. It has a very long bloom time and usually needs deadheading (removal of spent blossoms for rebloom) only once a season.
It looks great with Knock out Roses.
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