Favorite Native Plants for Attracting Butterflies and Birds BUTTERFLY FAVORITES: Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine Asclepias incarnata - Red Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa - Butterflyweed Aster laevis - Smooth Aster Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster Coreopsis palmata - Stiff Coreopsis Echinacea pallilda - Pale Purple Coneflower Eupatorium fistulosum - Tall Joe Pye Weed Liatris ligullistylis - Meadow Blazingstar Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazingstar Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot Physostegia virginiana - Obedient Plant Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet Black Eyed Susan Vernonia fasciculata - Ironweed
Check our Blog, The Native Plant Herald: Butterflies Prefer Natives! For a list of Butterfly-specific host plants.
SONGBIRD FAVORITES: Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover Echinacea pallilda - Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea prupurea - Purple Coneflower Helianthus mollis - Downy Sunflower Liatris ligullistylis - Meadow Blazingstar Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazingstar Silphium laciniatum - Compassplant Silphium perfoliatum - Cupplant Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod
GRASSES FOR SONGBIRDS: Bouteloua curtipendula - Side Oats Grama Sorghastrum nutans - Indiangrass Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed
Read more about "Creating Bird Habitat" on The Native Plant Herald... Also on the Herald: "It's for the Birds: Favorite Plants for Sun and Shade"
HUMMINGBIRD FAVORITES: Agastache foeniculum - Lavender Hyssop Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine Liatris ligullistylis - Meadow Blazingstar Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazingstar Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot Physostegia virginiana - Obedient Plant Ruellia humilis - Wild Petunia Silene regia - Royal Catchfly
