Special Plants

Learn specific uses for particular plants. From plants you can use to attract butterflies and hummingbirds, to plants that will be ideal in small spaces.

Plants that Attract Butterflies

  • Shrubs:
    • Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
    • Caryopteris (Blue mist)
    • Clethra (Summersweet)
    • Ligustrum (Privet)
    • Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
    • Syringa (Lilac)
  • Perennials:
    • Achillea (Yarrow)
    • Ascelpias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower)
    • Aster (Aster)
    • Coreopsis (Coreopsis)
    • Echinacea (Coneflower)
    • Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
    • Hemerocallis (Daylily)
    • Liatris (Gayfeather)
    • Monarda (Bee Balm)
    • Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox)
    • Phlox Subulata (Creeping Phlox)
    • Rudbeckia
    • Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
    • Sedum (Stonecrop)