A butterfly garden will make an interesting addition to your yard. Listed below are some plants that are useful for attracting butterflies. Some of the plants are nectar plants that the butterflies feed on, and others are host plants that the butterflies need for laying their eggs and feeding the caterpillars that will become butterflies.
Some of the specialty plants we do for monarch butterflies are: Verbena bonariensis, Liatris ligulistylus, Ruta (rue), Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias tuberosa, Lupinus annua, Tithonia (mexican sunflower), Eupatorium (joe pye weed).
ORDER | PRICE | GAL_SIZE | BOT_NAME | COM_NAME | TYPE | EXPOSURE |
$2.99 | 1801 | Acirpus cyperinus | Wool Grass | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Agastache f. | Anise Hyssop | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Agastache s. | Purple Giant Hyssop | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Amorpha nana | Fragrant false Indigo | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias Arenaris | Sand Milkweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias exaltata | Poke Butterfly weed | perennial | Part shade/Shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias Incarnata | Swamp Milkweed 'rose' | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias Ovalifolia | Oval-leave Milkweed | perennial | Part shade/Shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly weed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias viridis | Spider Milkweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Blephilia hirsuta | woodmint | perennial | sun / part sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Froelichia f. | Cottonweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Galium b. | Northern Bedstraw | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Glyceria c. | Rattlesnake Grass | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Gomphocarpus physocarpus | Harry Balls Milkweed | annual | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Hasteola suaveolens | Sweet Indian Plantain | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Hierochloe o. | Sweet Grass | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Muhlenbergia m. | Leafy Sation Grass | perennial | Sun/part shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox | perennial | part sun/shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | pseudognaphalium o. | Sweet everlasting | perennial | part sun/shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Rudbeckia s. | Sweet Black-eyed Susan | perennial | part sun/shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Silphium laciniatum | Compass plant | perennial | part sun/shade | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Tithonia "yellow" | Mexican sunflower | annual | Full sun | |
$6.99 | 5.5"POT | Anaphalis | Pearly Everlasting | perennial | Full sun | |
$5.99 | 5.5"pot | Asclepias C. Red | Tropical Milkweed | annual | Full sun | |
$5.99 | 5.5"pot | Asclepias Incarnata | Swamp Milkweed pink | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias Incarnata | Swamp Milkweed 'pink | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed | perennial | SUN | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Tithonia "Orange" | Mexican sunflower | annual | Full sun | |
$5.99 | 5.5"pot | Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Anaphalis | Pearly Everlasting | perennial | Full sun | |
$2.99 | 1801 | Asclepias curassavica | Tropical Milkweed | annual | Full sun |