Butterfly Buffet

Caterpillar Cuisine

These plants should attract and satisfy the caterpillars (juvenile butterflies) of some of our most beautiful varieties found in the Midwest: DILL, FENNEL, PARSLEY Black swallowtail MILKWEED Monarch PAWPAW Zebra swallowtail WILLOW Mourning cloak, viceroy SNAPDRAGON Buckeye HOPS Comma VIOLET Great spangled fritillary WILD SENNA Cloudless sulfur

Butterfly Favorites

Adult butterflies sip nectar from a wide variety of flowers. Plan for a continuous parade of their favorites from spring through fall. The starred ones are Midwest natives. SPRING Azalea, *blackhaw viburnum, *blueberry, lilac, privet, *wild plum, basket of gold (Aurinia), *bluestar (Amsonia), candytuft, dame's rocket, *lupine SUMMER *Buttonbush (Cephalanthus), *leadplant (Amorpha), butterfly bush (Buddleia), *New Jersey tea (Ceanothus), *bee balm (Monarda), *black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), *blanket flower (Gaillardia), *blazing star (Liatris), cosmos, *lanceleaf coreopsis, lantana, *milkweed (Asclepias), *prairie clover (Petalostemum), *purple coneflower (Echinacea), zinnia FALL Seven-son flower (Heptacodium), *steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa), *aster, *goldenrod, *ironweed (Veronia), *joe-pye weed (Eupatorium), showy sedum, *sneezeweed (Helenium), *sweet black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa), *pale-leaf sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)

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