Everyone loves butterflies. Here is a list of our favorite butterfly attractor plants PLUS butterfly host plants … very important. Good luck out there!!!
| Butterfly Attractors, Martin Garden Center | ||||||
| Location | Botanical name | Common Name | Specific Variety | Importance | Season | Location |
| Perennials | Achillea | Yarrow | Perennials | |||
| Alcea | Hollyhock | Host Plant | Sun House | |||
| Asclepias tuberosa | Milkweed, Butterfly Weed | Host Plant Monarch Butterfly | Perennials | |||
| Aster | Aster | Host Plant | Late Season | Perennials | ||
| Baptisia | False Indigo | Host Plant | Blue Play House | |||
| Buddleia | Butterfly Bush | Perennials & Deciduous | ||||
| Echinacea | Coneflower | All, Purple = Monarch Attractor | Late Season | Perennials | ||
| Eupatorium | Joe Pye Weed | Late Season | Blue Play House | |||
| Helenium | Sneezeweed | Late Season | Perennials | |||
| Leucanthemum superbum | Shasta Daisy | Host Plant | Perennials | |||
| Liatris | Blazing Star, Gayfeather | Blue Play House | ||||
| Monarda | Bee Balm | Swallowtail Attractor | Perennials | |||
| Nepeta | Catmint | Perennials | ||||
| Rudbeckia | Black-Eyed Susan | Perennials | ||||
| Sage | Salvia | Perennials | ||||
| Solidago | Goldenrod | Late Season | Blue Play House | |||
| Verbena bonariensis | Lollipop Verbena | Perennials | ||||
| Vernonia | Ironweed | Perennials | ||||
| Annuals | Ageratum | Floss Flower | Monarch Magic | Monarch Attractor | Courtyard | |
| Cosmos | Cosmos | Courtyard | ||||
| Helianthus annus | Sunflower | Blue Play House | ||||
| Lantana | Lantana | Late Season | Courtyard | |||
| Pentas | Egyptian Star Flower | Tiger Swallowtail Attractor | Courtyard | |||
| Tithonia | Mexican Sunflower | Torch (AAS) | Monarch Attractor | Late Season | Blue Play House | |
| Zinnia | Zinnia | Courtyard | ||||
| Herbs | Dill | Host Plant Black Swallowtail | Courtyard | |||
| Fennel | Host Plant Black Swallowtail | Courtyard | ||||
| Lavandula | Lavender | Courtyard | ||||
| Parsley | Host Plant Black Swallowtail | Courtyard | ||||
| Shrubs | Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | Host Plant Zebra Swallowtail | Fruit | ||
| Buddleia | Butterfly Bush | Deciduous | ||||
| Calycanthus | Spicebush | Host Plant to Swallowtails | Deciduous | |||
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Button Bush | Deciduous | ||||
| Vines | Passiflora incarnata | Passion Vine, Maypop | Purple Passion Vine | Host Plant to Gulf Fritillary | Vines | |
| Don’t Grow | Daucus carota | Queen Annes Lace | Host Plant Black Swallowtail | NA | ||