Plants
that attract butterflies and plants for butterflies . Butterfly
host plants . Butterfy caterpillar plants . Plants
for butterfly gardens. Plants butterflies like . Butterfly garden
plants. Butterflies garden . This page was designed
to help gardeners with plants that attract butterflies . Plants
that attract butterflys.
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Plants for attracting
Butterflys and Hummingbirds
This is a short list of plants that attract butterflies
and /or hummingbirds.
Check with your local Agricultural Extension office
to see which plants
are available where you live.
Butterfly :
Achillea (Yarrow)
Alyssum (Alyssum)
Apocynum (Dogbane)
Alcea (Hollyhock)
Allium (Allium )
Arabis (Rock Cress, Wall Cress)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed and Milkweed)
Asculus (Buckeye)
Aster (Aster)
Aubrieta (False Rockcress)
Baptisia (False Indigo)
Bochmeria (False Nettle)
Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
Centaurea (Centaurea, Bluet, Thistle)
Centranthus (Valerian, Jupiter's Beard)
Ceratostigma (Leadwort)
Chelone (Turtlehead)
Chrysanthemum (Daiseys)
Cimicifuga (Snakeroot, Bugbane)
Cirsium (Thistle)
Coreopsis (Tick Seed)
Crataegus (Hawthorn)
Dianthus (Pinks, Sweet William)
Dictamnus (Gas Plant)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Echinecea (Purple Coneflower)
Echinops (Thistle)
Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed and Boneset and Ageratum)
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Liatris (Gay Feather)
Lupinus (Lupine)
Lythrum ( Purple Loosestrife)
Malva ( Mallow)
Mentha (Mint)
Monarda (Bee Balm and Wild Bergamot)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Origanum (Marjoram)
Phlox (Tall garden phlox)
Physostegia (False Dragonhead)
Rhus (Sumac)
Rudebeckia (Black Eyed Susan)
Salvia (Salvia, Sage)
Saponaria (Soapwort)
Scabiosa (Pincussion Flower )
Sedum (Sedums, Stonecrop)
Solidago (Goldenrod)
Spirea (Spirea)
Syringa (Lilac)
Tragopogon (Goatsbeard)
Trifolium (Clover)
Verbena (Verbena)
Veronia (Ironweed)
Zinnia (Zinnia)
Butterfly host plants:
Amorpha (False Indigo and Lead Plant)
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)
Apocynum (Dogbane)
Aristolochia (Pipevine and Virginia Snakeroot)
Asclepias (Milkweeds)
Asimina ( Pawpaw tree)
Betula (Birch tree)
Cassia (Sennas and Partridge Pea)
Celtis (Hackberry and Sugarberry)
Centaurea (Corn Flower)
Cirsium (Thistle)
Croton (Croton , Goatweed)
Fraxinus (Ash tree)
Gerardia (Gerardias)
Humulus (Hops)
Linaria (Toadflax)
Lindera (Spicebush)
Liridendron (Tulip tree)
Ludwigia (Loosestrifes)
Petalostemon (Prairie Clover)
Plantago (Plantain)
Populus (Poplar tree, Aspen tree, Cottonwood tree)
Prunis (Cherry tree and Plum tree)
Salix (Willow tree and pussy willow)
Sassafras (Sassafras)
Tilia (Linden tree, Basswood tree)
Ulmus (Elm tree)
Umbelliferae family (Carrot, Dill, Parsley, Parsnip)
Viola (Violets)
Hummingbird:
Albizia (Mimosa)
Alcea (Hollyhock)
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Campanula (Bellflower)
Campsis (Trumpet Creeper)
Clematis (Clematis)
Delphinium (Delphinium)
Dianthus (Pinks, Sweet William)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Echinops (Thistle)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Heuchera (Coral Bells)
Hibiscus (Althea, Rose of Sharon and Mallow )
Iris (Iris)
Impatiens( Spotted Touch me not, Jewel Weed)
Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
Lonicera( Honeysuckle)
Lupinus (Lupine)
Lychnis (Maltese Cross)
Lythrum (Purple Loosestrife)
Monarda ( Bee Balm and Wild Bergamot)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Papaver (Poppy)
Penstemon (Penstemon)
Phlox (Tall Garden Phlox)
Physostegia (False Dragonhead)
Salvia (Salvia, Sage)
Saponaria (Soapwort)
Silene ( Catchfly)