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Different species of butterflies
have different preferences for nectar, in both colors and tastes and
for host plants. A wide variety of food plants will give the
greatest diversity of visitors. Try staggering wild and cultivated
plants, as well as blooming times of the day and year. Groups of the
same plants will be easier for butterflies to see than singly
planted flowers.
Our Butterfly Garden includes: |
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Catmint
Nepeta catoria
Lamb's
Ear Stachys byzantina
Joe-Pye
Weed Eupatorium spp.
Lemon
Balm Melissa officinalis
Globe
Thistle Echinops
New
York Ironweed Vernonia
Verbena
Verbena canadensis 'Homestead Purple' |
Tall
Meadow Rue Thalictrum spp.
Purple
Coneflower Echinacea
Anise
Hyssop Agastache
Goldenrod
Solidago
Bronze
Fennel Foeniculum vulgave
Johnny
Jump-ups Viola cornuta
Dwarf
Aster Asteraceae |
Russian
Sage Perovskia
Garden
Phlox Phlox paniculata
Yellow
Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
Stonecrop
Sedum Sedum
Black-eyed
Susan Rudbeckia
Bee
Balm Monarda
Sweet
Woodruff
Galium odoratum |
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Lilyturf
Liriope muscari
Yarrow
Achillea
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum
Chinese Peony
Paeonia lactiflora |
Tickseed
Coreopsis
Siberian Iris
Iris sibirica
Bee Balm
Monarda
Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii |
Iris
Iris
Lamb’s Ear
Stachys byzantina
Aster
Asteraceae
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum |
We
have many butterflies passing through our garden. The garden is
one of the many places used for the official butterfly count in
Loudoun County.
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