Host Plants (Plants for caterpillars

 

 

Herbs

Perennials

Trees and Shrubs

Fennel, Dill, Parsley, Nettle

Asclepias (Milkweed)

Elm, Willow, Poplar, Aspen,

Annuals

 

Lilac, Spicebush, Birch, Cherry

Snapdragons, Violets

 

Apple

 

 

Nectar Plants (Plants for butterflies)

 

 

Annuals/Herbs

Perennials

Trees and Shrubs

Lantana

Liatris (Blazing Star)

Azalea

Verbena

Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)

Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)

Zinnia

Echinacea (Coneflower)

Honeysuckle

Pentas

Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)

Lilac

Marigolds

Achillea (Yarrow)

Rhododendron

Petunias

Alcea (Hollyhock)

 

Lavender

Agastache (Hyssop)

 

Perennials

Baptisia (False Indigo)

 

Aster

Caryopteris

 

Asclepeias (Milkweed)

Sedum

 

Coreopsis (Tickseed)

Salvia

 

Solidago (Goldenrod)

Scabiosa

 

Ironweed

Chelone

 

Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan)

Delphinium

 

Mint

Cimicifuga

 

Daisies

Erigeron

 

Phlox

Ceratostigma (Plumbago)

 

Monarda (Bee-Balm)

Astilbe

 

Centaurea

Penstemon

 

Gaillardia

Dianthus

 

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