Butterfly Planting
Plants attract butterflies for two reasons: because they provide nectar sources or because they are host plants for egg laying. Certain wildflowers, cultivated flowers, trees, shrubs, and vines are particularly attractive nectar sources and should make up most of the butterfly feature planting. Host plants may be included too. A drinking basin can be made using shallow sloping sides or a series of partially submerged flat rocks for perches.
Tiger Swallowtail (female, black form)
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BUTTERFLY NECTOR SOURCES |
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Wildflowers |
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asters |
bergamont |
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horsemint |
black-eyed Susan |
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blazing star |
boneset |
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brown-eyed Susan |
butterfly bush |
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common daylily |
tickseed sunflower |
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Western wallflower |
showy partridge pea |
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milkweeds |
butterfly milkweed |
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swamp milkweed |
New Jersey tea |
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phlox |
rose verbena |
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meadowsweet |
spearmint |
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coneflowers |
daisies |
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ox-eyed daisy |
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Wilder Species |
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common milkweed |
goldenrods |
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Joe-Pye weed |
dogbanes |
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ironweed |
nettles and thistles |
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Cultivated Flowers |
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asters |
aubretia |
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calendula |
coneflowers |
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red clover |
daisies or |
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chrysanthemums |
thyme |
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yarrow |
zinnias |
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marigolds |
phlox |
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pink garden phlox |
sedum spectabile |
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golden alyssum |
honesty |
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hyssop |
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Trees, Shrubs, and Vines |
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black haw |
cranberry bush |
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blueberries |
farkelberries |
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blue spiraea |
buckeye |
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bush honeysuckle |
butterfly bush |
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clematis |
climbing |
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honeysuckle |
crabapple |
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gooseberry |
wild plum |
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hawthorn |
lilac |
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pear |
huckleberries |
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privet |
redbud |
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smooth sumac |
spice bush |
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spiraea |
viburnum |
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dewberry |
blackberry |
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fragrant sumac |
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