Plants that create a Butterfly Buffet

The butterfly buffet

To attract butterflies, variety is key.  Select a mix of colorful, nectar-rich plants, as well as caterpillar host plants, that will please both you and the butterflies.

1. Salvia

         Salvia splendens

         Annual, Part sun to full sun

2. Butterfly Weed (Host and Nectar)

         Asclepias tuberosa

         Perennial, Zones 3 to 9  Full Sun

3. Annise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

       Perennial Zones 4 to 10
Partial Shade

        

4. Daylillies

         Hemerocallis

         Perennial, Zones 3 to 20, Full Sun

5.  Clematis

         Clematis

         Perennial, Zones 3 to 9   Sun, filtered sun

6.  Dill (Host)

         Anethum graveolens

         Annual, full sun

7. Lantana

         Lantana camara

         Annual (Perennial in Zones 9 to 11  Full Sun

8.  Pansy

         Viola x wittrockiana

         Most are annuals

9.  Everlasting

         Anaphalis margaritacea

         Perennial, Zones 3 to 8

10. Shasta daisy

         Chrysanthemum x superbum (Leucanthemum x superbum)

         Perennial, zones  4 to 8

11. Passion Flower (Host and Nectar)
Passiflora incarnata, Passifloraceae
Perennial to zone 5, full sun

12.  Parsley  (Host)
Herb, annual, full sun

13.  Fennel  (Host)
Herb, annual, full sun