Butterfly Nectar Plants - Attract Butterflies to your Garden

Favorite Butterfly Nectar Plants

Many flowers produce nectar, but what are the BEST Butterfly Nectar Plants?

Here are the favorites in my Butterfly Garden

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Swamp Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata)
H 3-4'
Blooms June-August

Tropical Milkweed
(Asclepias curassavica)
H 2-3'
ANNUAL

Joe Pye Weed
(Eupatorium purpureum)
H 4-8'
Blooms July - September

New England Aster
(Aster novae-angliae)
H 4-5'
Blooms August-October
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Zinnia elegans or State Fair
H 3-4'
AND
Zinnia lilliput
H 15-18"
ANNUAL

Bee Balm
(Monarda)
H 4'
Blooms June-August

A few other great nectar choices for your butterfly garden:

Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis) a Monarch Magnet
Phlox (Phlox sp.)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Heliotrope (annual)
Pentas (annual)
Lantana (annual)
Lilac shrubs
Butterfly Bush (Hardy to zone 5)

Repeat and group the nectar plants throughout the garden.

Experiment and plant a variety of different flowers in your butterfly garden. You will notice which are most attractive to butterflies and work best in your area.

Make sure you have flowers blooming throughout the season.

Butterflies need lots of sun. Their body temperature needs to be 85-100 degrees to fly. Put some rocks in your garden for the butterflies to bask on to warm their wings.

ASTER(left)....ZINNIA(middle)....JOE PYE WEED(right)

Combine a variety of these Butterfly Nectar Flowers with some Butterfly Host Plants.....your garden will be irresistible!!

Swamp Milkweed |Tropical Milkweed |Joe Pye Weed
Asters |Zinnia |Garden Plan

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