Plants for Butterfly Gardens
The following plants are plants that will help you build a garden to attract a wide variety of butterflies. Check our current availabilty to see which species are in stock at a particular time.
Actea racemosa
Amorpha herbacea
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Aquilegia canadensis
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias tuberosa
Aster cordifolius
Aster divaricata
Aster lateriflorus
Aster linariifolius
Aster patens
Aster puniceus
Campsis radicans
Cheloni glabra
Chrysoganum virginianum
Clethera alnifolia
Coreopsis major
Coreopsis palmata
Echinacea laevegata
Echinacea purpurea
Erigeron pulchellus
Eupatorium coelestinum
Eupatorium fistulosum
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Eupatorium serotinum
Gelsemium sempervirens
Geranium maculatum
Helianthus atrorubens
Helianthus divaricatus
Helianthus strumosus
Heliopsis helianthoides
Hibiscus coccinius
Hibiscus moscheutos
Kalmia latifolia
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia puberula
Lonicera sempervirens
Lysamachia lanceolata
Monarda didyma
Monarda fistulosa
Monarda punctata
Penstemon australis
Penstemon laevigatus
Phlox amoena
Phlox carolina
Phlox carolina 'Alata'
Phlox stolonifera
Pityopsis graminifolia
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Pycnanthemum incanum
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia lacinata
Rudbeckia triloba
Salvia lyrata
Sambucus canadensis
Sisyrinchium angusitfolium
Solidago altissima
Solidago caesia
Solidago nemoralis
Stokesia laevis
Tiarella cordifolia
Tradescantia ohiensis
Tradescantia subaspera
Vaccinium ashii
Vaccinium corymbosum
Verbena hastata
Vernonia glauca
Vernonia novae-borescensis
Viburnum dentatum
Black Cohash
Lead plant
Blue Star
Wild Columbine
Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Weed
Heartleaf Aster
Woodland Aster
Calico Aster
Flax Leaved Aster
Late Blue Aster
Swamp Aster
Trumpet Vine
White Turtlehead
Green and Gold
Sweetpepper Bush
Greater Tickseed
Prairie Coreopsis
Smooth Coneflower
Purple Coneflower
Robin's Plantain
Hardy Ageratum
HollowStem Joe Pye Weed
Hyssop Leaved Boneset
Boneset
Late Flowering Boneset
Carolina Jessamine
Wild Geranium
Purple Disk Sunflower
Woodland Sunflower
Pale Woodland Sunflower
Smooth Ox-eye Daisy
Scarlet Mallow
Swamp Mallow
Mountain Laurel
Cardinal Flower
Downy Lobelia
Coral Honeysuckle
Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Bee Balm
Wild Bergamot
Dotted Mint
Bearded Tongue
Smooth Penstemon
Hairy Phlox
Carolina Phlox
Tall Carolina Phlox
Creeping Phlox
Grass Leaved Golden Aster
Appalachian Mountain Mint
White Mountain Mint
Mountain Mint
Orange Coneflower
Black Eyed Susan
Greenheaded Coneflower
Brown Eyed Susan
Lyre Leaf Sage
Elderberry
Blue Eyed Grass
Tall Goldenrod
Wreath Goldenrod
Gray Goldenrod
Stoke's Aster
Foam Flower
Spiderwort
Zig Zag Spiderwort
Rabbit-eye Blueberry
Highbush Blueberry
Blue Vervain
Broad Leafed Iron Weed
New York Iron Weed
Arrowwood Viburnum
Actea racemosa
Alnus serrulata
Andropogon gerardii
Andropogon glomeratus
Antennaria neglecta
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias tuberosa
Aster cordifolius
Aster divaricata
Aster lateriflorus
Aster puniceus
Baptisia australis
Chasmanthium latifolium
Dalea purpureum
Eupatorium fistulosum
Helianthus atrorubens
Helianthus divaricatus
Helianthus strumosus
Hibiscus coccinius
Hibiscus moscheutos
Lonicera sempervirens
Lysamachia lanceolata
Panicum hemitomin
Panicum virgatum
Penstemon australis
Penstemon laevigatus
Sorghastrum nutans
Tridens flavus
Vaccinium ashii
Vaccinium corymbosum
Viburnum dentatum
Black Cohash
Hazel Alder
Big Blue Stem
Bushy Blue Stem
Pussytoes
Plantain Leaved Pussytoes
Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Weed
Heartleaf Aster
Woodland Aster
Calico Aster
Swamp Aster
Blue Indigo
River Oats
Purple Prairie Clover
HollowStem Joe Pye Weed
Purple Disk Sunflower
Woodland Sunflower
Pale Woodland Sunflower
Scarlet Mallow
Swamp Mallow
Coral Honeysuckle
Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Maiden Cain
Switchgrass
Bearded Tongue
Smooth Penstemon
Indian Grass
Purple Top
Rabbit-eye Blueberry
Highbush Blueberry
Arrowwood Viburnum