Plants for Butterflies

Some of the Perennials & Shrubs that attract Butterflies

Butterflies like a flower that has a surface that is a large enough for them to land on either as a single flower or as a flower cluster.

Perennials

Allium
Aster
Astilbe
Baptisia
Black-eyed Susan
Blanket Flower
Bugbane
Butterfly Weed
Catmint
Coneflower
Coreopsis
Daylily
Dianthus
Foxglove
Gayfeather
Goldenrod
Hollyhock
Joe Pye Weed
Lavender
Lythrum
Monarda
Oregano
Rockcrest
Salvia
Scabiosa
Sedum
Turtlehead
Yarrow
Shurbs

Barberry
Butterfly Bush
Cotoneaster
Lilac

Serviceberry
Shrub Rose
Spirea
Sumac