How to Attract Butterflies & Hummingbirds

The best plants for attracting butterflies to your yard:
Angelica
Aster
Baptisia  – host plant for the Wild Indigo Duskywing butterfly.
Black-Eyed Susan
Bee Balm
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
Butterfly Flower (Asclepias)
Coreopsis
Coneflower
Daisy
Dill
Eupatoriums
Fennel
Goldenrod
Lantana
Liatris (Blazing Star)
Lupine – Host plant for Karner Blue butterfly
Milkweed – host plant for Monarch butterfly
Mint family: Agastache, Lavender, Rosemary, Calamintha, Pycnanthemum
Phlox
Queen Anne’s Lace
Salvia
Stokesia
Sunflower
Verbena
Vernonia
Yarrow

The best plants for attracting hummingbirds to your yard:
Bee Balm
Daylily
Larkspur
Sage
Foxglove
Honeysuckle
Weigela
Giant Hyssop
Phlox
Lantanas
Lupine
Yarrow
Fuschia
Catnips
Rhododendron

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