The Elk Mountain Nursery
Butterfly & Hummingbird Plants
Elk Mountain Home
-- Catalog -- Ordering Information
Perennials:
|| A
|| B to D
|| E to H
|| I to L
|| M to P
|| Q to Z
Ground Covers
|| Herbs
|| Vines
|| Shrubs A to H
|| Shrubs I to Z
|| Trees
|| Japanese Maples
Lists of Suggested uses:
Rock Gardens
|| Perennials for Shade
|| Shrubs for Shade
Butterfly and Hummingbird Plants
|| Perennials for Damp or Moist areas
|| Perennials for Wet or Bog areas
All of the following attract butterflies to some degree. Some are very species specific - Milkweeds (Asclepias) attract Monarchs. One plant not on the list is a shrub, Lindera benzoin or Spicebush. It doesn't attract adult butterflies but serves as a food source for Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars.
Hummingbirds generally only come to red flowers - Lobelia cardinalis,
Red Monarda
didyma.
- Achillea millefolium x.
- Yarrow
- Aquilegia canadensis
- Wild Columbine
- Aquilegia vulgaris
- Columbine
- Asclepias tuberosa
- Butterfly Weed
- Aster
- Aster
- Belamcanda chinensis
- Blackberry Lily
- Coreopsis
- Coreopsis
- Echinacea
- Coneflower
- Eupatorium
- Eupatorium
- Hibiscus moscheutos
- Rose Mallow
- Lobelia cardinalis
- Cardinal Flower
- Monarda didyma
- Bee balm
- Monarda fistulosa
- Wild Bergamot
- Oxypolis rigidior
- Hog Fennel
- Physostegia virginiana cv.
- Obedient Plant
- Prunella vulgaris
- Heal-all
- Rudbeckia triloba
- Brown-eyed Susan
- Solidago
- Goldenrod
- Thymus vulgaris
- Common thyme
- Tradescantia
- Spiderwort
- Veronica longifolia
- Speedwell
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Lists of Suggested uses:
Rock Gardens
|| Perennials for Shade
|| Shrubs for Shade
Butterfly and Hummingbird Plants
|| Perennials for Damp or Moist areas
|| Perennials for Wet or Bog areas
Perennials:
|| A
|| B to D
|| E to H
|| I to L
|| M to P
|| Q to Z
Ground Covers
|| Herbs
|| Vines
|| Shrubs A to H
|| Shrubs I to Z
|| Trees
|| Japanese Maples
Elk Mountain Home
-- Catalog -- Ordering Information
Last modified: 2/15/99
Copyright 1996, Elk Mountain Nursery
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