Plants To Butterfly With
by Debbie Teashon
We welcome butterflies in our gardens because they are beneficial insects, as well as they add beauty and animation as they flutter from flower to flower. This list of plants are ones that provide a nectar source to entice them into your Northwest garden.
Nectar Plants for Butterflies
Botanical Name
Common Name
Abelia
Achillea
YARROW
Agapanthus orientalis
LILY OF THE NILE
Ascelpias
BUTTERFLY WEED
Alliums
ORNAMENTAL ONION
ORNAMENTAL ONION
CHIVES
GARLIC CHIVES, CHINESE CHIVES
PEARLY EVERLASTING
Arabis
ROCK CRESS
Bidens cernua
BEGGARTICKS
Ceanothus
CALIFORNIA LILAC
Centaurea
KNAPWEED
Cephalanthus occidentalis
BUTTONBUSH
Cichorium intybus
CHICORY
Cirsium
THISTLE
Coreopsis
TICKSEED
Cosmos
Dianthus armeria
DEPTFORD PINK
CONEFLOWER
Erigeron
FLEABANE
Eriogonum species
ST. CATHERINE'S LACE
Eupatorium
JOE PYE WEED
Eupatoruium perfoliatum
FENNEL
SUNFLOWERS
Hibiscus moscheutos
ROSE MALLOW
Impatiens
Ipomoea
MORNING GLORY
MORNING GLORY
MORNING GLORY
Kalmias
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
Lantana camara
BLAZING STAR
Limonium
STATICE
Lobelia erinus
Lonicera
HONEYSUCKLE
Medicago sativa
ALFALFA
Mentha
MINT
BEE BALM
MOCK ORANGE
ORNAMENTAL OREGANO
Phlox paniculata
Potentillas
SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL
Prunus dulcis
COMMON ALMOND TREE
Rudbeckia
GLORIOSA DAISY
Solidago canadensis
GOLDENROD
Spiraea spp.
HARDHACK
Syringa
LILAC
Tagetes
MARIGOLD
Taraxacum officinale
DANDELION
Trifolium
CLOVER
Triteleia laxa
ITHURIEL'S SPEAR
Vaccinium species
BLUEBERRY HUCKLEBERRY, CRANBERRY
Verbena
VERVAIN
Zinnia elegans
Gardening for the Homebrewer: Grow and Process Plants for Making Beer, Wine, Gruit, Cider, Perry, and More
By co-authors Debbie Teashon (Rainy Side Gardeners) and Wendy Tweton