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Calendula seed - $1 per pack
(Calendula officinalis)
Each pack contains ½ teaspoon of seed. Calendula are great at attracting butterflies to your garden as they provide a good source of nectar. They are a mix of double orange and yellow flowers. Calendula is hardy annual, so if planted this time of year, they will provide winter nectar for the over-wintering Butterflies. Growing instructions included with seed.

Cornflower seed - $1 per pack
(Centaurea cyanus)
Each pack contains 50 seeds. Cornflower are great at attracting Butterflies to your garden as they provide a good source of nectar. They are a mix of coloured flowers. Cornflower is a annual, so sow now for the summer Butterflies. Growing instructions included with seed.

Cosmos seed - $1 per pack
(Cosmos bipinnatus)
Each pack contains 20 seeds. Cosmos are great at attracting Butterflies to your garden as they provide a good source of nectar. They are a mix of single crimson, pink and white coloured flowers. Cosmos is a annual, so sow now for the summer Butterflies. Growing instructions included with seed.

Gaint Swan Plant seed
(Gomphocarpus physocarpus)
10 seed for $1 | 20 seed for $1.80
Giant Swan Plants are great for attracting the Monarch butterfly to your garden as they provide food for their caterpillars and nectar for the adults. This is the larger 'Swan Plant' that grows into a bush providing lots of caterpillar food. You are bound to get Butterflies come lay eggs, which will result in having caterpillars to watch develop, change into pupae and hatch into the next generation of adults. Growing instructions included with seed.

Mexican Sunflower seed
(Tithonia rotundifolia)
10 seed for $1 | 20 seed for $1.80

Mexican Sunflower are a large drought and Deer resistant plant that blooms in late summer and autumn. It has large flowers that are suited to free draining soils. This plant will attract Butterflies to your garden as they provide a good source of nectar. Mexican Sunflower is a annual, so sow now for the summer Butterflies. Growing instructions included with seed.

Nettle Tree seed - $4.50 per pack
Onga Onga (Urtica ferox)
Each pack contains a ¼ teaspoon, which is a few dozen seed. A foodplant for the Red and Yellow Admiral butterflies. Nettle Tree is also known as Onga Onga and grows to about 2 metres in height and girth. Its large size provides a good amount of foliage to feed larvae on. Trim the stems back to encourage new growth. The plant is frost hardy (emdemic to NZ) and will grow throughout winter in most of the country. Growing instructions included with seed.

Swan Plant seed
(Gomphocarpus fruticosus)
10 seed for $1 | 20 seed for $1.80
Swan Plants are great for attracting the Monarch butterfly to your garden as they provide food for their caterpillars and nectar for the adults. You are bound to get Butterflies come lay eggs, which will result in having caterpillars to watch develop, change into pupae and hatch into the next generation of adults. Growing instructions included with seed.

Small Nettle seed - $2 per pack
(Urtica urens)
Each pack contains a ¼ teaspoon, which is a few dozen seed. Nettles are great for attracting the Red and Yellow Admiral butterflies to your garden as they provide food for their caterpillars. They also attract 2 moth species as well, so you are bound to get some caterpillars to watch develop. Growing instructions included with seed.

If you have grown Swan Plant for Monarch's, then Nettles provide a good second step in helping endemic butterflies and Moths like the Red and Yellow Admiral's grow in population.

Tropical Milkweed (Bloodflower) seed
(Asclepias Curassavica)
The pack contains 10 seed. This is the 'Scarlet' variety with Red and Orange flowers as pictured. They will be ready for next spring if kept free from frost over winter. Tropical Milkweed are great for attracting the Monarch butterfly to your garden as they provide food for their caterpillars and nectar for the adults. You are bound to get butterflies come lay eggs, which will result in having caterpillars to watch develop, change into pupae and hatch into the next generation of adults. Growing instructions included with seed.

Tweedia (Tweedia caerulea) seed - $1 per pack

Each pack contains 20 seed. Tweedia also attracts the Monarch Butterfly to your garden as they provide food for their caterpillars and nectar for the adults. They have a nice sky blue flower and grow to about 20cm high, so are suitable for borders. You will be unlikey to get eggs, but the leaves and flowers are good back-up food for the hungry caterpillars of any age. This is the first alternative plant listed on the Alternative Monarch foodplants page. Growing instructions are included with plants.

Puparium - $5

This is the perfect place to protect pupae when they change from a larva to a adult Butterfly. It provides a good place to watch a larva change into a pupa, then emerge as a adult. The top clear flap open to allow easy access to add larvae and remove developed Butterflies. This puparium has enough space for any NZ Butterfly species to dry its wings when it emerges from its pupa. It is made of sturdy see-through plastic, with lots of air-vents in the top and a carry handle if it needs moving. The entire lid comes off for easy cleaning when required.
Dimensions are Length = 18cm, Height = 11cm, Depth = 11cm
Postage on this item is $6
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