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Creating a Butterfly Garden Tips:
■Choose plants with various heights & bloom time
■ Include plants for larvae to feast upon
■ Butterflies prefer flowers with multi-cluster heads the best, but most any will do!
PERENNIALS: ANNUALS:
Achillea(Yarrow)* Cosmos
Agastashe* Heliotrope
Agapanthus Licorice plant
Aquilegia(Columbine) Lobelia
Armeria(Thrift) Marigold
Artichoke Morning glory
Asclepias(Butterflyweed) Mustard/Cabbage
Aster Nasturtium
Astilbe SweetAlyssum
Chrysanthemum SweetPea
Coreopsis Snapdragon
Delphinium Sunflower
Dianthus Verbena
Diascia Zinnia
Dicentra(BleedingHeart)
Digitalis(Foxglove) SHRUBS:
Dill* ButterflyBush Calluna(Heather)
Echinacea (Coneflower) Caryopteris(Bluebeard)
Erysimum(Wallflower) Ceanothus Choisya(Mex.Orange)
Fennel * Clethra Escallonia
Gaillardia Hebe Hibiscus
Geum Lavatera Lavender
Iberis (Candytuft) Lilac Mahonia (OregonGrape)
Liatris* Philadelphus (MockOrange)
Lupine Potentilla Rhododendron
Monarda(BeeBalm) Ribes(Currant) Rose
Oregano* Rosemary Spirea
Penstemon Viburnum
Phlox 
Rudbeckia
Salvia *Indicates plants with Leaves for caterpillars
Veronica Adults feed on flower nectar.
Vinca
Wisteria
You can find these plants at Alpine Nursery and Landscape, home of The Pond Pad, in Puyallup, WA.