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Wildflowerinformation.org provides list of wildflowers that have bee successfully grown in
the regions listed below:
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Northeast
-- For Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
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Midwest --
For Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
Ohio, Wisconsin
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Pacific
Northwest --For No. California, Western Oregon and Washington.
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Southeast
-- For Alabama, Arizona, Washing DC, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, East Texas.
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Southwest
-- For Arizona, So. California, New Mexico, So. Nevada, West Texas, Oklahoma
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Western
Mountains -- For Colorado, Utah, Montana, Indiana, Wyoming, Nevada, North Dakota,
South Dakota ,Eastern Oregon & Washington
http://www.wildflower.org/collections/ provides list of wildflowers by region.
Click on your state on their map.
http://www.naba.org/pubs/bgh.html provides list of butterflies found in specific
regions.
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| If you don't want to
go the trouble of discovering exactly which plants attract specific butterflies in your
area, I have a "generic" list of "typical" plants that generally attract butterflies.
(What I am trying to say is: "Try these plants, they may or may not work for you but
at least you will have a beautiful garden to enjoy - with or without butterflies) |
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Generic List of Plants that Attract Butterflies |
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Aspen Tree |
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Populus spp. |
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Aster |
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Aster spp. |
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Balm of gilead |
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Cedronella triphylla |
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Banana mint |
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Mentha arvensis 'Banana' |
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Bee Balm |
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Monarda |
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Black-eyed Susan |
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Rudbeckia fulgida |
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Black-Eyed Susan |
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Rudbeckia hirta |
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Blanket flower |
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Gaillardia |
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Blazing star |
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Liatris spicata |
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Bloodflower |
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Asclepias curassavica |
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Butterfly Bush |
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Buddleia spp. |
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Butterfly Milkweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa |
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Butterfly weed |
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Asclepias tuberosa |
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Buttonbush |
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Cephalanthus occidentalis |
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Cardinal Flower |
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Lobelia cardinalis |
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carrots |
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Daucus carota |
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Chaste Tree |
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Vitex agnus-castus |
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Clover |
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Columbine |
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Common HopTree |
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Ptelea trifoliata |
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Common Milkweed |
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Asclepias syriaca |
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Common Milkweed |
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Asclepias syriaca |
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Coneflowers |
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Echinacea purpurea |
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Coontie |
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Zamia pumila |
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Coreopsis |
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Coreopsis spp. |
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Cosmos |
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Cosmos spp. |
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Daisies |
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Dianthus Family |
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Dianthus spp. |
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Dill |
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Antheum graveolens |
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Elm Tree |
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Ulmus spp. |
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English pennyroyal |
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Mentha pulegium |
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False Indigo |
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Baptisia australis |
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False Nettle |
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Boehmeria cylindrica |
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Fennel |
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Foeniculum vulgare |
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Flowering Dogwood |
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Cornus |
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Garden phlox |
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Phlox paniculata |
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Goldenrod |
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Solidago sp. |
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Great lobelia |
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Lobelia syphilitica |
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Hidcote lavender |
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Lavandula angustifolium 'Hidcote' |
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Hollyhock |
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Alcea rosea |
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Indian Paintbrush |
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Castilleja spp. |
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Joe-pye weed |
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Eupatorium purpureum |
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Lantana |
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Lantana camara |
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Lavender mint |
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Mentha aquatica 'Lavender' |
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Liatris(aka Blazing Star or Gayfeather) |
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Liatris spicata |
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Little Bluestem Grass |
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Schizachyrium scoparium |
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Lobelia laxiflora |
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Lobelia laxiflora |
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Mallow |
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Malva spp. |
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Marigold |
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Tagetes spp. |
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Mexican Sunflowers |
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Tithonia rotundifolia |
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Milkweed |
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Asclepias syriaca |
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Mint shrub |
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Elsholtzia stauntonii |
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Nasturtium |
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Tropaeolum majus |
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New England aster |
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae |
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New jersey tea |
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Ceanothus americanus |
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Orchard Grass |
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Dactylis glomerata |
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Panic Grass |
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Panicum spp. |
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Parsley |
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Petroselinum crispum |
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Passion Flowers |
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Passiflora spp. |
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Pawpaw |
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Asimina triloba |
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Pentas (aka Star Flower) |
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Pentas lanceolata |
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Petunia |
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Petunia x hybrida |
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Pineapple mint |
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Mentha suaveolens Variegata |
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Pipevine |
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Aristolochia macrophylla |
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Prickly Ash |
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Zanthoxylum americanum |
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Purple coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea |
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Pussy-toe |
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Antennaria plantaginifolia |
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Queen Anne’s Lace (aka wild carrot) |
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Daucus carota |
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Red lobelia/cardinal flow |
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Lobelia cardinalis |
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Rue |
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Ruta graveolens |
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Ruellia |
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Ruellia spp. |
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Salvia |
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Salvia spp. |
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Sassafras |
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Sassafras albidum |
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Shasta Daisy |
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Leucanthemum spp. |
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Silver Brocade |
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Artemisia stellariana |
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Snapdragon |
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Antirrhinum majus |
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Spicebush |
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Lindera benzoin |
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Spider flower |
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Cleome hasslerana |
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Stonecrop |
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Sedum ternatum |
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Stonecrop 'Autumn Joy' |
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Sedum 'Herbstfreude' |
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Sunflower |
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Helianthus spp. |
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Swamp Milkweed |
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Asclepias incarnata |
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Swamp Verbena |
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Verbena hastata |
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Sweet Bay |
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Magnolia virginiana |
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Tall Verbena |
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Verbena bonariensis |
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Tartarian aster |
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Aster tatarica |
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Thistle |
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Cirsium discolor |
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Tickseed |
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Coreopsis verticillata |
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Violet |
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Viola spp. |
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Water Dock |
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Rumex verticillatus |
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Wild Senna |
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Senna hebecarpa |
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Willow |
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Salix |
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Yarrow |
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Achillea spp. |
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Zinnia |
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Zinnia elegans |
Herbs that attract butterflies
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| Regardless of whether you go with
"generic" butterfly garden or a "butterfly-specific" garden, follow the guideline
creating a butterfly garden. The plants
above are a listing of nectar and host plants. If you do any research, look up host
plants for butterflies in your area. is to meet the needs of these delicate-looking
creatures so they will be all a flutter in your yard. |
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