Butterfly Plants
Although you’ll find them on annuals, they are genetically set to prefer a range of perennials. This list includes most of the common perennials and a few bulbs that will attract butterflies to your garden.
Butterfly Plants Feed All Forms Of Butterfly
One thing you might want to note is that butterfly plants are not only for adult butterflies but they are for immature larval forms – can you say ugly, plant-eating caterpillar.
Before you can have a butterfly flitting around the blossom, you have to have a caterpillar munching on the leaves. So relax if you see one chomping down and having lunch. Understand there is a butterfly somewhere inside that caterpillar.
Source Of Water
It is also a great idea to have a source of water for your butterflies. This can be as simple as a well-maintained muddy area (dig out some soil, lay down a plastic bag and refill to hold the moisture) or as complex as a pond with log lying in it (some place to give butterflies and others a place to sit beside the water).
So enjoy the butterfly plants but do understand that some of them will be sacrificed to the caterpillars.
Butterfly Plant Varieties
Achillea
Agapanthus
Agastache
Alcea
Allium
Anaphalis
Anchusa
Aquilegia
Arctanthemum
Asclepias
Aster
Baptisia
Belamcanda
Boltonia
Buddleia
Calamintha
Caryopteris
Centranthus
Ceratostigma
Chelone
Chrysanthemum
Cirsium
Coreopsis
Delosperma
Dianthus
Dictamnus
Echinacea
Echinops
Erigeron
Eryngium
Erysimum
Eupatorium
Euryops
Filipendula
Gaillardia
Geum
Goniolimon
Gypsophila
Helenium
Helianthus
Heliopsis
Hemerocallis
Hesperis
Heuchera
Hibiscus
Hieracium
Inula
Kalimeris
Knautia
Lathyrus
Lavandula
Leucanthemum
Liatris
Limonium
Lobelia
Lunaria
Lychnis
Lysimachia
Malva
Malvastrum
Meehania
Mimulus
Monarda
Myosotis
Nectaroscordum
Nepeta
Nipponanthemum
Origanum
Patrinia
Penstemon
Perovskia
Phlox
Physostegia
Pimpinella
Polemonium
Primula
Pycnanthemum
Rosmarinus
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Sanicula
Satureja
Scabiosa
Scutellaria
Sedum
Sidalcea
Silene
Silphium
Solidago
Solidaster
Stokesia
Tanacetum
Teucrium
Thalictrum
Thymus
Tradescantia
Verbascum
Verbena
Vernonia
Veronica
Veronicastrum
Weigela
Zauschneria
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