Butterfly Plants

The below plants provide food for butterflies and caterpillars.

Botanical Name

Aconitum carmichaelii (fischeri)

Aconitum napellus 'Blue Valley'

Actaea 'Chocoholic'

Actaea matsumurae 'White Pearl’ 

Actaea pachypoda

Actaea racemosa

Actaea simplex ‘Pink Spire’

Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’

Actaea simplex ‘Carbonella’

Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’

Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’

Alchemilla alpina

Alchemilla mollis ‘Thriller’

Amsonia montana ‘Short Stack’

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert’

Anemone x hybrida ‘Lady Gilmore’

Anemone x hybrida 'Robustissima'

Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'

Aquilegia vulgaris  var. stellata ‘Ruby Port’

Asclepias tuberosa

Aster ericoides f. prostratum  ‘Snow Flurry’

Astilbe  ‘Younique Silvery Pink’

Astilbe 'Fanal’

Astilbe 'Radius’

Astilbe 'Sprite'

Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Red'

Astilbe chinensis var. pumila

Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii  ‘Superba’

Astilbe species

Baptisia australis

Baptisia australis var. minor

Baptisia x varicolor ‘Twilite’

Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'

Buddleia davidii (driveway)

Callicarpa dichotoma  'Early Amethyst'

Campanula ‘Birch Hybrid’

Campanula carpatica ‘Blue Clips’

Campanula lactiflora ‘Pritchard’s Variety’

Campanula persicifolia ‘LaBelle’

Carex morowii 'Ice Dance'

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’

Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Dark Knight’

Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘First Choice’

Centaurea montana

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Cercis canadensis

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird’

Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'

Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'

Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'

Dendranthema ‘Harmony’

Dendranthema ‘Rhumba’

Dendranthema ‘Samba’

Dianthus  ‘Firewitch’

Digitalis ferruginea ‘Gigantea’

Digitalis grandiflora

Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmatian Purple’

Digitalis thapsi ‘Spanish Peaks’

Digitalis x mertonensis

Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star'

Echinops bannaticus ‘Taplow Blue’

Eryngium planum ‘Blue Hobbit’

Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’

Filipendula 'Kahome'

Geranium  ‘Pink Penny’

Geranium ‘Bob’s Blunder’

Geranium ‘Elke’

Geranium ‘Jolly Bee’

Geranium 'Rozanne'

Geranium 'Tiny Monster'

Geranium macrorrhizum

Geranium phaeum ‘Samobar’

Geranium sanguineum 'Album’

Geranium sanguineum 'Apple Blossom’

Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokova'

Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Cambridge Blue’

Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Karmina'

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Asahi’

Hemerocallis - various cultivars

Hemerocallis ‘Bela Lugosi’

Hemerocallis ‘Fooled Me’

Hemerocallis ‘Strawberry Candy’

Heuchera  ‘Blackout’

Heuchera  'Caramel’

Heuchera ‘Brownies’

Heuchera ‘Christa’

Heuchera 'Citronelle’

Heuchera ‘Encore’

Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’

Heuchera ‘Miracle’

Heuchera ‘Silver Scrolls’

Heuchera ‘Tiramisu’

Heuchera americana

Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'

Hydrangea arborescens 'Incrediball’

Iris ensata 'Freckled Geisha’

Iris ensata 'Imperial Magic''

Iris sibirica  ‘Caesar’s Brother’

Leptodermis oblonga

Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’

Liatris spicata ‘Kobold Original’

Ligularia ‘Little Rocket’

Lilium ‘Crimson Pixie’

Lilium ‘Denia Pixie’

Lilium ‘Peach Pixie’

Lobelia cardinalis

Lonicera x italica ‘Sherlite’ HARLEQUIN

Lupinus ‘Gallery Pink’

Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch'

Nepeta sibirica ‘Souvenir d’Andre Chaudron’

Nepeta subsessilis ‘Pink Dreams’

Nepeta x 'Joanna Reed'

Phlox 'Minnie Pearl'

Phlox paniculata ‘Eva Cullum’

Phlox paniculata 'Laura'

Phlox paniculata 'Miss Ellie’

Phlox paniculata ‘Robert Poore’

Phlox paniculata David’s Lavender’

Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge'

Phlox stolonifera 'Home Fires’

Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple'

Phlox x arendsii ‘Babyface’

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Coppertina'

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Luteus’

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine'

Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’

Polemonium reptans

Prunus incisa ‘Little Twist’

Prunus padus 'Summer Glow'

Prunus x 'Snofozam'

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’

Rudbeckia fulgida Viette's Little Suzy

Rudbeckia lancinata ‘Autumn Sun’

Salix ‘Scarcuzam’

Salix babylonica ‘Crispa’

Salix eleagnos

Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki'

Salix purpurea ‘Nana’

Salix udensis 'Sekka'

Salvia 'Eveline'

Salvia koyamae

Salvia nemorosa
‘Blue Hill’

Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’

Salvia nemorosa MARCUS

Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'

Salvia x sylvestris ‘May Night’

Sedum ‘Mentha Requein’

Sedum kamt. var. flor. 'Weihenstephaner Gold'

Sedum rupestre  'Angelina'

Sedum sexangulare

Sedum sieboldii

Sedum sieboldii ‘Mediovariegatum’

Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’

Sedum ternatum ‘Larinum Park’

Sedum tetractinum

Sempervivum 'Cobweb Buttons’

Sempervivum 'Royal Ruby'

Sidalcea ‘Little Princess’

Spirea betulifolia 'Tor'

Spirea japonica 'Golden Carpet'

Spirea japonica 'Goldflame'

Spirea japonica 'Little Princess'

Spirea japonica 'Magic Carpet'

Spirea japonica 'Neon Flash'

Spirea japonica 'Point Phillip’

Stokesia laevis ‘Elf’

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Wood's Light Blue'

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Wood's Pink’

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Wood's Purple’

Syringa  patula 'Miss Kim'

Syringa ‘Josee’

Syringa James McFarland

Thermopsis chinensis ‘Sophia’

Valeriana officinalis

Veronica ‘First Love’

Veronica spicata ‘Erika’

Veronica spicata ‘Tickled Pink’

Viburnum ‘Wentworth’

Viburnum carlesii

Viburnum lantana ‘Mohican’

Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur'

Viburnum plicatum ‘Popcorn’

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii'

Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Mohawk'

Viburnum x pragense

Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany'

Weigela ‘Florida Variegata’

Weigela 'Wine and Roses'

Weigela Briant Rubidor