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Choosing Plants for Your Butterfly Garden

By Marie Iannotti, About.com

Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Marie Iannotti

There are many wonderful garden plants for attracting butterflies into your garden. Here are a few to get you started.

Cultivated Plants and Shrubs for Butterfly Gardens


Common Name Latin Name
Aster Asters spp.
Bee Balm Monarda spp.
Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blazing Star Liatris spp.
Blueberry Vaccinium spp.
Blue Mist Shrub Caryopteris
Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
Button Bus Cephalanthus occidentalis
Coneflower Echinacea spp.
Tickseed Coreopsis spp.
Daisy Chrysanthemum spp.
Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium fistulosum
Lantana Lantana spp.
Lilac Syringa vulgaris
Marigold Tagetes spp.
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Phlox Phlox spp.
Privet Ligustrum spp.
Spearmint Mentha spicta
Sumac Rhus spp.
Viburnum Viburnum opulus
Zinnia Zinnia spp.

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