Butterfly Garden

These local-source native plants have nectar-rich flowers that are great for attracting butterflies. Notice common flower characteristics including bright color, open flowers with easy nectar access and flat surfaces that allow butterflies to sun themselves.

	Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium		Eastern Blazing Star Liatris scariosa		Lead Plant Amorpha canescens
	New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae		Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum		Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
	Cliff Goldenrod Solidago drummondii		Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata		Heart-Leaved Meadow Parsnip Zizia aptera
	Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum		New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus		Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius
	Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra		Spicebush Lindera benzoin		Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
	Wild Sweet William Phlox divaricata		Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya		Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens
	Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa		Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata