Butterfly Gardens
If you're looking to attract butterflies, we recommend the following plants:
- Achillea (Yarrow)
- Actaea (Black Snakeroot)
- Alcea (Hollyhock)
- Alyssum (Basket of Gold)
- Anaphalis (Pearly Everlasting)
- Anemone (Wind Flower)
- Aristolochia (Dutchman's Pipe)
- Asclepias (Butterflyweed)
- Aster (Aster)
- Aurinia (Basket of Gold)
- Baptisia (False Blue Indigo)
- Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
- Centaurea (Cornflower)
- Chelone (Turtlehead)
- Coreopsis (Tickseed)
- Cosmos (Cosmos)
- Dahlia (Dahlia)
- Dianthus (Pinks)
- Dianthus (Pinks)
- Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)
- Echinops (Globe Thistle)
- Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
- Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
- Fragaria (Strawberry)
- Fuchsia (Fuchsia)
- Gaillardia (Blanket Flowers)
- Geranium (Cranesbill)
- Helianthus (Wood Sunflower)
- Heliopsis (False Sunflower)
- Hemerocallis (Daylily)
- Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
- Iberis (Candytuft)
- Lantana (Lantana)
- Lavandula (Lavender)
- Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
- Liatris (Gayfeather)
- Lindera (Spice Bush)
- Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
- Mentha (Mint)
- Monarda (Beebalm)
- Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)
- Nepeta (Catmint)
- Nicotiana (Tobacco Flower)
- Oenothera (Evening Primrose)
- Pentas (Star Cluster)
- Petunia (Petunia)
- Phlox (Garden Phlox)
- Polygonum (Knotweed)
- Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
- Primula (Primrose)
- Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
- Rodgersia (Rodger's Flower)
- Rudbeckia (Gloriosa Daisy)
- Salvia (Meadow Sage)
- Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
- Sedum (Stonecrop)
- Sidalcea (Miniature Hollyhock)
- Solidago (Goldenrod)
- Syringa (Lilac)
- Thymus (Thyme)
- Verbena (Verbena)
- Viola (Violet)
- Wisteria (Wisteria)
- Yucca (Adam's Needle)
- Zinnia (Zinnia)