What to plant for a butterfly garden

Discover the beauty of butterfly-friendly plants with a variety of perennials, biennials, and annuals that provide continuous nectar from late spring to fall. Transform your garden into a haven for these delicate creatures, nurturing their mesmerizing dance amidst vibrant blooms.

A list of Perennials:

• Asters: Late summer to fall
• Bee Balm-Bergamot: Summer through fall
• Butterfly bush (buddleia): Mid-summer to fall
• Butterfly weed: Summer through fall
• Coreopsis: All summer
• Hollyhock: Summer
• Lavender: Summer
• Lupine: Late spring and early summer
• Mints: All summer
• Passionflower: Summer to fall
• Phlox: All summer
• Purple coneflower: Late summer into fall
• Salvia: Summer into fall
• Shasta daisy: Summer
• Thistles: Late spring to fall
• Violet: Spring
• White or Red clover: Summer
• Yarrow: Mid to late summer

A list of Biennials

• Black-eyed-Susan: Summer to fall
• Red Clover: Summer
• Queen Anne’s lace: Late spring through fall
• Sweet William: Spring to early summer

A list of Annuals:

• Alyssum: Summer to mid-fall
• Candy Tuft: Spring to summer
• Common Stock: Spring to summer
• Cornflower: Summer
• Cosmos: Late summer to fall
• Dianthus: Spring to fall
• Heliotrope (perennial in South): Late spring to summer
• Impatiens: Summer through fall
• Lobelia: Summer into fall
• Marigold: Summer into fall
• Mexican sunflower: Summer into fall
• Nasturtium: Late summer
• Parsley: Green from spring to fall
• Sage: Summer to fall
• Salvia: Summer through fall
• Scabiosa: Summer through fall
• Sweet William: Summer into fall
• Verbena: Spring to fall
• Zinnia: Mid-summer to fall