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RECOMMENDED PLANTS TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES SOUTHEAST 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 |
| Althea |
| Ascepias (Butterfly Weed), Gulf Coast Milkweed |
| Canna |
| BUTTERFLY |
| Gray Hairstreak |
| Monarch and Queen |
| Brazilian Skipper |
| Clover | Sulphur |
| Dill | Eastern Black Swallowtail |
| Frogfruit | Buckeye |
| Lantana | Painted Lady |
| Loblolly Pine | Eastern Pine Alfin |
| Mexican Plum | Tiger Swallowtail |
| Mock Orange | Tiger Swallowtail |
| Nasturtium | Cabbage White |
| Passionvine Flower | Gulf Fritillary |
| Redbud | Henry's Elfin |
| Shrimp Plant | Texan Cresentspot |
| Spicebush | Spicebush and Tiger Swallowtail |
| Southern Red and White Oaks | Banded Hairstreak |
| Southern Wax Myrtle | Red Banded Hairstreak |
| Toadflax | Buckeye |
| 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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