Great Nectar source for me and my colorful friends.

Color throughout the spring and summer.

Easy to grow, low maintenance plants.

Average Morning Sun / Afternoon ShadeSun

Butterfly Garden Plant List

Perennials

Low Perennials

Geranium maculatum (Geranium 'Espresso' (Cranesbill)) Aquilegia canadensis ('Little Lanterns' Columbine) Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) Aster divaricatus ((Eurybia divaricata) Woodland Aster) Sisyrinchium angustifolium ('Lucerne' Blue-eyed Grass)

Medium Perennials

Aster novae-angliae ((Symphyotrichum n.a.) New England Aster) Eupatorium coelestinum (Mist Flower) Aster azureus (Sky Blue Aster)

Medium to Tall Perennials

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) Aster laevis (Smooth Aster) Baptisia australis (Wild Indigo) Rudbeckia triloba (Three-lobed Coneflower) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root) Phlox paniculata ('Shortwood' Summer Phlox) Physostegia virginiana ('Miss Manners' Obedient Plant)

Vines

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper)

Trees and Shrubs

Conifers

Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)

Deciduous Trees

Amelanchier canadensis (Shadblow) Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud) Nyssa sylvatica (Black Gum) Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak) Betula nigra ('Heritage' River Birch)

Medium to Tall Grasses

Cephalanthus occidentalis (Button Bush) Cornus racemosa ('Geauge' Gray Dogwood) Cornus sericea ('Cardinal' Red-Osier Dogwood)

Medium to Tall Shrubs

Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea) Viburnum dentatum ('Blue Blaze' Arrowwood) Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw Viburnum) Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Viburnum) Salix discolor (Pussy Willow) Sambucus canadensis ('Adams' Elderberry) Vaccinium corymbosum ('Northland' Highbush Blueberry) Clethra alnifolia (Summer Sweet Bush)

Small Shrubs

Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry) Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) Potentilla fruticosa ('Coronation Triumph' Shrubby Cinquefoil) Hypericum kalmianum (St. Johnswort)

Vines

Aristolochia macrophylla (Dutchman's Pipe) Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet Honeysuckle)