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RECOMMENDED
PLANTS TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES
CENTRAL
TEXAS AREA |
Nectar
producing flowering plants - attracting all butterflies
Abelia,
Ageratum, Allysum, Aster, Asclepias (Butterfly Weed), Buddleia, Black-eyed
Susan, Buckeye, Lobelia, Cuphea, Clover. Cosmos, Duranta, Frogfruit, Gallardia,
Globe Amaranth, Honeysuckle, Lantana, Liatris, Eupetolium (Mist Flower),
Morning Glory, Pentas, Phlox, Plumbago, Porterweed, Purple Coneflower, Rainlily,
Shrimp Plant, Sunflower, Verbena, Salvia, Sweet Autumn Clematis, Turks Cap,
Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans), Zinnia
This is
just a representative list and certainly not complete.
Host
Plants for Butterfly Reproduction (egg laying)
| HOST PLANT |
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Althea |
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Ascepias (Butterfly Weed), Gulf
Coast Milkweed |
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Canna |
| BUTTERFLY |
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Gray Hairstreak |
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Monarch and Queen |
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Brazilian Skipper |
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Clover |
Sulphur |
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Dill |
Eastern Black Swallowtail |
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Frogfruit |
Buckeye |
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Lantana |
Painted Lady |
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Loblolly Pine |
Eastern Pine Alfin |
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Mexican Plum |
Tiger Swallowtail |
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Mock Orange |
Tiger Swallowtail |
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Nasturtium |
Cabbage White |
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Passionvine Flower |
Gulf Fritillary |
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Redbud |
Henry's Elfin |
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Shrimp Plant |
Texan Cresentspot |
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Spicebush |
Spicebush and Tiger Swallowtail |
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Southern Red and White Oaks |
Banded Hairstreak |
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Southern Wax Myrtle |
Red Banded Hairstreak |
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Toadflax |
Buckeye |
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Wisteria |
Silver Spotted Skipper |
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
BUTTERFLY GARDENING.........
THE COCKRELL BUTTERFLY CENTER IN HOUSTON HAS AN
EXCELLENT PUBLICATION - "GUIDE TO GARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIES" underwritten by
the Garden Club of Houston.
http://www.gchouston.org . The Cockrell Butterfly Center encourages your
questions about butterfly gardening by emailing them at
bfly_questions@hmns.org . You
can also request a copy of this publication from them. It is an excellent
reference on the subject of butterfly gardening.
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RECOMMENDED
PLANTS TO ATTRACT BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES
Thanks to
Kelly Walker, a Houston urban naturalist, for providing this list. |
For further information,
Contact your local Native Plant Society
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