Butterfly Garden

Plants to chose for butterflies

Butterfly Bonanza-(plants that benefit many butterflies) for best results you should have 3 of each plant.Host plants & Nectar Plants for Several Species (Host Plants: Common Milkweed, -Sweet Everlasting, -Golden Alexander, -Button Bush, New England Aster, -Partridge Pea)  Nectar Plants: -Wild Sweet William Phlox, -Butterfly weed, -Wild Bergamot, -Showy Tick Trefoil, -Bluestem Goldenrod, - Joe Pye Weed -Clustered Mountain Mint, -Purple Coneflower 

Painted Lady Butterfly-Seed Kit- Appear May-October (Host Plants:  Sweet Everlasting & Pussy Toes, Pearly Everlasting   Preferred Nectar Plant Combination to provide something in bloom May-Oct, Early Figwort,  Late Figwort, Dense or Meadow Blazing Star, Smooth Blue Aster, Red Clover

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly -Appear May-September Host Plants Are Trees (Ash, Birch, Tulip, Black Cherry, Magnolia, Common Hop Tree, and Willows                                 Nectar Plant Seeds in this kit-Butterfly weed , New York Ironweed, Joe Pye Weed, Purple Coneflower, Early Figwort & Late Figwort

Black Swallowtail Butterfly- Appear May-September (Host Plants- - Dill ,   Golden Alexander)  Nectar Plants: - Butterfly weed, -Wild Sweet William Phlox, -    

Spring Azure Butterfly- Appear May-Aug, (Host Plants- New Jersey Tea, , Nectar Plants: -Common Milkweed - NY Ironweed, , Wild Bergamot  

Pearl Crescent spot- Appear May-Oct Host Plant: -New England Aster ) Nectar Plants: Clustered Mountain Mint,-  Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod, -Blue Wood Aster, - Butterfly Weed  

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly- Appears April-October, (Host Plants -Partridge Pea, -Showy Tick Trefoil)  Nectar Plants: - Blue Wood Aster, -Common milkweed, -  Purple Cone flower  

Dreamy Dusk Wing Butterfly-Appear May-June (Host Plants- Willows, Poplars & Birch trees)  Nectar Plants:  Zinnias, Asters, Bee Balm, Sunflowers, Goldenrod, Yarrow, Joe Pye Weed (Coming Soon)

Eastern Pine Elfin- Appears  May-June (Host Plants-  White Pine Seedlings) Nectar Plants:  - Meadow Blazing Star, -Pale leaf sunflower, -Wild Bergamot,