Perennials for Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Attracting animals

By Mark Cullen

Botanical Name

Common Name

Zone

Agastache

Anise-hyssop

3

Alcea

Hollyhock

3

Allium

Ornamental Onion

4

Anaphalis

Pearly Everlasting

3

Aquilegia

Columbine

3

Asclepias

Butterfly Weed

5

Aster

Michaelmas Daisy

4

Buddleia

Butterfly Bush

6

Caryopteris

Bluebeard

6

Chelone

Turtlehead

4

Coreopsis

Tickseed

5

Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove

3

Echinacea

Purple Coneflower

4

Echinops

Globe Thistle

3

Eupatorium

Joe-pye Weed

4

Hesperis

Dame's Rocket

3

Heuchera

Coral Bells (Red)

4

Kniphofia

Red Hot Poker

6

Liatris

Blazing Star

3

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal Flower

4

Malva

Mallow

4

Monarda

Beebalm

4

Penstemon

Beard Tongue

4

Physostegia

Obedient Plant

3

Rudbeckia

Cone Flower

4

Salvia

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