Butterflies and Easter
The 
butterfly has long been a Christian symbol of resurrection, for it disappears into a cocoon and appears dead, but emerges later far more beautiful and powerful than before.
As a symbol of Christ’s resurrection after three days in the grave, the butterfly is seen especially around Easter. But the butterfly is also a symbol of every Christian’s hope of resurrection from the dead.
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. (1 Corinthians 15:42-44)
For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:52b)
To celebrate both the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and our ever present hope of resurrection seeds of the various different plants and flowers that various local varieties of butterflies and their larvae feed on have been put in these sachets for you to take and plant at home in your garden or in pots for you patio.
Houston Plants that will attract butterflies:
Butterfly weed (asclepias)
Althea — gray hairstreak
Butterfly weed – monarch
Canna – Brazilian skipper (canna leafroller)
Clover – sulphur
Dogwood – spring azure
Esperanza (Tecoma stans) – gray hairstreak
Frogfruit – buckeye
Mock orange – tiger swallowtail
Parsley hawthorn – gray hairstreak
Texas lantana – painted lady
Passionflower vine – Gulf fritillary, Julia
Paw paw – zebra swallowtail
Queen Anne’s lace – Eastern black swallowtail
Redbud – Henry’s elfin
Ruellia – buckeye, Cuban crescent spot
Shrimp plant – Texan crescentspot
Spicebush – spicebush swallowtail, tiger swallowtail
Wisteria – silver-spotted skipper
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