Minnesota Zoo/ Butterfly Gardens




		Butterfly Gardens List of Favorite Nectar and Host Plants: plants favored by butterflies include perennials, annuals, and biennials in all colors and seasons Nectar Plant preferred by butterfly= N Host Plant preferred by caterpillar= H FAVORITE PERENNIALS Asters: blooms late summer to fall: H, N Bee balm (bergamont): blooms summer through fall: N Butterfly bush (buddleia): blooms midsummer to fall: N Butterfly weed: blooms summer through fall: H, N Clover (white or red): blooms summer to fall: H, N Coreopsis: blooms summer to fall: N Dianthus: blooms spring to fall: N Lavender: blooms summer: H, N Lupine: blooms late spring to early summer: H, N Mints: blooms all summer: H, N Passionflower: blooms summer to fall: H, N Phlox: blooms summer to fall: H, N Purple coneflower: blooms summer to fall: N Sage: blooms summer to fall: N Salvia: blooms summer to fall: N Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’: blooms summer through fall: N Shasta daisy: blooms summer: N Thistle: blooms late spring through fall: H, N Violet: blooms spring: H, N Yarrow: blooms summer: H, N FAVORITE BIENNIALS Hollyhock: blooms summer: H, N Parsley: green from spring to fall: H Queen Anne’s lace: blooms late spring through fall: H, N Sweet William: blooms late spring through summer: H, N FAVORITE ANNUAL PLANTS Alyssum: blooms summer to midfall: N Anise: blooms late summer: H, N Candy tuft: blooms spring to summer: N Common stock: blooms spring to summer: H, N Cosmos: blooms late spring to summer: N Heliotrope: blooms late spring to summer: N Lobelia: blooms summer into fall: N Marigold: blooms summer into fall: H, N Mexican sunflower: blooms summer to fall: N Nasturtium: blooms late summer: H,N Cornflower: blooms summer: N Salvia: blooms summer through fall: N Scabiosa: blooms summer through fall: N Scarlet sage: blooms summer to fall: N Impatiens: blooms summer through fall: N Verbena: blooms spring to fall: N Zinnia: blooms midsummer to fall: N RESOURCES: Books National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies By Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, New York Butterfly Gardening Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden The Xerces Society/The Smithsonian Institution Butterflies and Moths/Dorling Kindersley Handbooks By David Carter Websites http://www.butterflybreeders.org http://www.livemonarch.com/ Monarch info/free milkweed seeds