![]() ![]() Verbena are easy-to-grow summer perennials with blooms that last all summer and are a favorite food source for butterflies and hummingbirds.īutterfly Species Attracted: Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady), Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail), Pieris rapae (Cabbage White), Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye), Lerema accius (Clouded Skipper), Colias philodice (Clouded Sulphur), Polites origenes (Crossline Skipper), Euphyes vestris (Dun Skipper), Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail), Hylephila phyleus (Fiery Skipper), Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak), Ascia monuste (Great Southern White), Speyeria cybele (Great Spangled Fritillary), Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst’s Scallopwing), Erynnis horatius (Horace’s Duskywing), Ancyloxypha numitor (Least Skipper), Pompeius verna (Little Glassywing), Danaus plexippus (Monarch), Panoquina ocola (Ocola Skipper), Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur), Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady), Polites peckius (Peck's Skipper), Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent), Battus philenor (Pipevine swallowtail), Calycopis cecrops (Red-banded Hairstreak), Limenitis arthemis (Red Spotted Admiral), Atalopedes campestris (Sachem), Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper), Chlosyne nycteis (Silvery Checkerspot), Polites themistocles (Tawny-edge Skipper), Euptoieta claudia (Variegated Fritillary), Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing), Lon zabulon (Zabulon Skipper), Heliconius charithonia (Zebra Longwing), Eurytides marcellus (Zebra Swallowtail)Īster ageratoides 'Ezo Murasaki' Aster (Japanese Aster)Īsters are late summer and fall blooming perennials that are astounding butterfly attractors, not only for nectar but also as a host plant. Jump to the second article entitled: How to Build a Butterfly Garden The Top 25 Butterfly Plants This article is the first in a series on butterfly plants. Each plant will be followed by its food status (Host = host plants for butterflies and caterpillars) (Nectar = Nectar sources for adult butterflies) plus a list of butterfly species attracted to it. ![]() ![]() Just click on the links below to learn more about each plant and where it can be grown. ![]() Although we garden in the South, the list below of butterfly garden plants is for the entire US and includes butterfly flowers that can be grown in the Northeast, Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific Northwest. Over the last 25 years we have worked with literally thousands of butterfly flowers in our 20 acre garden. Here at Plant Delights Nursery we have decades of experience with butterfly gardens and butterfly host plants. We have generated a list of the best flowers that attract butterflies…both nectar sources and butterfly host plants. When it comes to the perfect butterfly plants and flowers for hosting butterflies, gardeners have a plethora of choices and we want to help you select the best plants that attract butterflies. ![]()
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