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Butterfly Garden Host & Nectar Plants
January 1, 2025
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Butterfly Garden Host & Nectar Plants
Nectar Plants
to Attract Butterflies
PERENNIALS
Achillea
(Yarrow)
Asclepias
(Milkweed)
Baptisia
(False Indigo)
Coreopsis lanceolata
(Tickseed)
Echinacea pur.
(Purple Coneflower)
Eupatorium
(Joe-Pye Weed)
Helianthus
(Sunflower)
Liatris spicata
(Gayfeather)
Leucanthemum
(Shasta Daisy)
Lobelia cardinalis
(Cardinal Flower)
Monarda
(Bee Balm)
Penstemon
(Husker Red Beardtongue)
Pycnanthemum
(Mountain Mint)
Rudbeckia hirta
(Black-Eyed Susan)
Solidago
(Goldenrod)
Vernonia nov.
(Ironweed)
ANNUAL / BIENNIAL
Cosmos
Lantana
Petunia
Salvia
Verbena
Zinnia
TREES / SHRUBS / VINES
Cephalanthus
(Button Bush)
Clethra alnifolia
(Summersweet)
Lonicera sem.
(Trumpet Honeysuckle)
Cornus sericea
(Red Twig Dogwood)
Syringa vulgaris
(Lilac)
Viburnum dentatum
(Arrowwood)
Vitex
(Chaste Tree)
Host Plants
to Attract Caterpillars
TREES / SHRUBS
Prunus
(Cherries)
Quercus
(Oak)
Asimina triloba
(Pawpaw)
Betula
(Birch)
Cornus
(Dogwood)
Lindera
(Spicebush)
Magnolia vir.
(Sweetbay Magnolia)
Salix
(Willow)
VINES / GRASSES
Aristolochia
(Dutchman’s Pipe)
Panicum
(Switchgrass)
Passiflora
(Passion Flower)
Schizachyrium
(Little Bluestem)
ANNUAL / BIENNIAL / HERBS
Alcea
(Hollyhock)
Snapdragon
Cleome
(Spider Flower)
Dill
Fennel
Nasturtium
Parsley
Ruellia
(Mexican Petunia)
BY INCLUDING BOTH HOST PLANTS AND NECTAR PLANTS IN YOUR GARDEN, YOU WILL ATTRACT A WIDE SELECTION OF BUTTERFLIES & POLLINATORS!