Butterfly GARDEN PLANTS * Plants Considered Annuals in This Zone
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ButterflY GARDEN PLANTS * Plants considered annuals in this zone ASTER (Aster species) BEE BALM BLACK-EYED SUSAN BUTTERFLY BUSH IMPATIENS* Height: 6 inches to 6 feet (Monarda species) (Rudbeckia hirta) (Buddleia davidii) (Impatiens species) Needs: full sun, Height: 2 to 4 feet Height: 2 to 3 feet Height: can reach 9 feet Height: 12 to 24 inches average soil Needs: rich, moist, and Needs: full sun; partial Needs: full sun; Needs: prefer shade; will Flowers: daisylike; well drained soil shade if summers are well-drained soil tolerate more sun if sum- lavender, purple, white, Flowers: red, pink, very hot Flowers: white, pink, mers are cool deep blue, pink, red, or purple, or white color Flowers: yellow or orange; lavender, magenta, purple, Flowers: vibrant colors, rose color Bloom Time: summer daisylike with prominent or yellow color long-lasting Bloom Time: late summer Butterflies: variety; brown eyes Bloom Time: midsummer Bloom Time: late spring nectar food Bloom Time: summer to frost to early autumn through first frost Butterflies: variety; nectar Butterflies: variety; Butterflies: variety; nectar Butterflies: Pearl Crescent; food nectar food food larval food JOE-PYE WEED LANTANA* MILKWEED* NETTLE (Urtica dioica) FLOWERING (Eupatorium species) (Lantana camara) (Asclepias species) Height: 2 to 4 feet TOBACCO* Height: 2 to 3 feet Height: 3 to 4 feet Height: 1 to 6 feet Needs: full sun, nitrogen (Nicotiana alata) Needs: full sun or light Needs: full sun; well-drained Needs: full sun to light rich soil Height: 2 to 3 feet shade; moist soil soil; can be invasive in shade, average to sandy Flowers: Reddish-brown Needs: full sun or light Flowers: shades of rose warmer climates soil, will tolerate dry soil to greenish-white; dangling shade; well-drained soil Bloom Time: late summer Flowers: orange-yellow, Flowers: bright orange clusters at stem and leaf Flowers: white, red, or to autumn orange, red, or red-and-white Bloom Time: summer junction pink, fragrant Butterflies: variety; Bloom Time: year-round in Butterflies: Monarch; Bloom Time: early spring Bloom Time: all summer nectar food warm areas, spring to frost larval food to mid-autumn Butterflies: variety; in cold areas Butterflies: Comma, Red nectar food Butterflies: variety; nectar Admiral; larval food food PARSLEY* PINCUSHION FLOWER PURPLE RUE (Ruta graveolens) STRAWFLOWER* (Petroselinum crispum) (Scabiosa species) CONEFLOWER Height: 2 to 3 feet (Helichrysum bracteatum) Height: 12 to 18 inches Height: 6 to 24 inches (Echinacea purpurea) Needs: full sun; will tolerate Height: 1 to 4 feet Needs: full sun to partial Needs: full sun, humus- Height: 2 to 4 feet dry, sandy soils; drought Needs: full sun; moist, shade, rich, moist soil rich and well-drained soil Needs: full sun; well- tolerant well-drained soil Flowers: yellow-green Flowers: delicate, purple, drained soil Flowers: clusters of small, Flowers: bright red, yellow, Bloom Time: mid- pink, light blue, or white Flowers: rose-purple yellow blooms purple, and orange; daisy summer to early fall singly on long stems with dark, raised center; Bloom Time: midsummer shaped, papery texture Butterflies: variety; Bloom Time: summer daisylike Butterflies: Black Bloom Time: summer to larval food to early autumn Bloom Time: midsummer Swallowtail fall, until frost Butterflies: variety; to autumn Butterflies: Painted Lady, nectar food Butterflies: variety Red Admiral SUNFLOWER THISTLE TULIP TREE BLUE ARCTIC WILLOW ZINNIA* (Zinnia species) (Helianthus species) (Cirsium species) (Liriodendron tulipifera) (Salix purpurea) Height: 8 to 36 inches Height: 3 to 10 feet Height: 2 to 6 feet Height: over 40 feet Height: 3 feet to 6 feet Needs: full sun, well- Needs: wet or dry soil Needs: full sun, neutral Needs: sun to partial Needs: sun to part shade. drained soils enriched with Flowers: large, daisylike; to acidic, well-drained soil shade; rich, moist, well- Adaptable. manure yellow, orange, or cream Flowers: purple drained soil Flowers: yellowish green Flowers: double blooms on with large, flat eyes (occasionally white) in Flowers: greenish-yellow, or gray tall stems, light pinks to Bloom Time: mid-summer heads 1/2 to 3/4 inch in tulip-shaped Bloom Time: summer whites to deep reds to to mid-autumn diameter Bloom Time: midspring to autumn oranges Butterflies: variety Bloom Time: late spring Butterflies: Tiger Butterflies: Viceroy, Bloom Time: summer to early fall Swallowtail Mourning Cloak to frost Butterflies: Painted Lady Butterflies: variety.