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PLANTS THAT ATTRACT PNW BUTTERFLIES

By choosing the right plants you can attract butterflies into your garden and encourage them to stay for a while. Gardeners don’t need a large yard to provide the basics for butterfly survival. Butterflies need nectar plants, larval host plants, resting areas, sun and water. This is a list of plants that provide nectar for common PNW adult butterflies and plants that host their larvae (caterpillars).

CATERPILLAR HOST BUTTERFLY NECTAR BUTTERFLY PLANT SOURCE Lantana, mint, penstemon, Anise Swallowtail Carrot, dill, parsley zinnia American Apollo Bleeding heart* Blackberry Apple, azalea, manzanita*, Cherry, plum, willow*, Brown elfin rhododendron*, salal* Indian plum* Willow*, lilac, sneezeweed, California Tortoiseshell Ceanothus* goldenrod* Common Ringlet Grasses* Dandelion, buttercup* Coneflower, mint, Common Wood-nymph Grasses* sunflower, fleabane*, penstemon, clematis Pea, mallow*, borage, Goldenrod*, milkweed*, Gray Hairstreak rhododendron*, rose*, clover, winter cress pine* Black-eyed Susan, Great Spangled Fritillary Violet milkweed, verbena, thistle Apple, cherry, Blackberry, privet, thistle, Lorquin’s Admiral oceanspray*, willow* wild mustard Cosmos, lantana, lilac, Monarch Milkweed* milkweed*, zinnia Birch*, hawthorn*, rose*, Milkweed*, rockcress, Mourning Cloak willow* willow* Aster*, goldenrod*, pearly Mylitta Crescent Thistle everlasting* Alfalfa, aster, mustard, red- Orange Sulphur Alfalfa, clover, vetch osier dogwood Mainly thistle. Also, Aster*, coneflower, cosmos, Painted Lady hollyhock, pearly dandelion, milkweed*, everlasting, sunflower, Oregon grape*, zinnia Cascara, cherry, Blackberry, columbine*, Pale Swallowtail hawthorn*, oceanspray*, mint, oceanspray, plum penstemon, sweet-william Douglas fir*, hemlock*, Coreopsis, daisies, dusty Pine White pine*, redcedar*, true fir* miller, goldenrod*, lobelia Purplish Copper Cinquefoil, dock, sorrel Clover, heather, mint Aster*, daisy, goldenrod*, Red Admiral Nettle milkweed*, thistle Dandelion, cherry, monkey Sara Orangetip Winter cress flower, plum, strawberry, rockcress Aster*, blackberry, Satyr Comma Nettle dandelion, rotting fruit Cherry, dogwood*, Ceanothus*, cherry, Spring Azure madrone*, oak*, milkweed*, plum, willow* oceanspray*, salal* Honeysuckle*, lavender, Western Tiger Aspen, big-leaf maple*, lilac milkweed*, mock Swallowtail willow* orange*, rhododendron* Aster*, black-eyed susan, Woodland Skipper Grasses* bluebeard, pearly everlasting*, sage *- some wild varieties are native to the PNW