Tom Terrific

Plants

Common Name/Variety

Code

Butterfly

Notes

M

Agastache foemiculum

Anise Hyssop

PN

Four foot tall, but good nectar plant

M

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pearly Everlasting

HP

Painted and American Lady

Excellent plant + pretty flower

M

Antennaria

Pussy Toes

HP

Painted Lady + American lady

M

Aristolochia Durior

Pipevine

HP

Pipevine Swallowtail

M

Asclepias Curassavica

Tropical Milkweed

HNA

Monarchs + Spring Azure

M

Asclepias Incarnata

Swamp Milkweed

HNP

Monarch

M

Asclepias Syriaca -

Common Milkweed..

HNP

Monarch

M

Aster - Misc + New England

HNP

Pearl Crescent

M

Boehmeria cylindrica

False Nettle

HP

Red Admiral + Mourning cloak

Needs to be dug out and moved every few years.

M

Brassica oleracea

Kale

HA

Cabbage and checkered white

Great

M

Buddleia davidii -

Butterfly Bush -

NP

The best overall nectar bush.

M

Cassia fasciculata

Partridge Pea

HA

Little Yellow + Cloudless Sulphur

It will reseed itself.

M

Coreopsis....assorted

NPA

M

Dill..

HA

Black Swallowtail.

M

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

NP

The birds also like the seeds in the fall.

M

Echinops ritro

Globe thistle

HNP

Painted Lady

Save seed and start inside.

M

Eupatorium purpureum

Joe Pye Weed

NP

Tall

Foeniculum vulgare

Bronze Fennel

HP

Black Swallowtail

M

Gaillardia grandiflora

Blanket Flower

NP

M

Goldenrod -
Solidago rugosa
Fireworks

NP

Nice fall plant - spreads out.

M

Helianthus occidentalis

Western Sunflower

NP

Silvery and Gorgone Checkerspot

Western Sunflower

M

Heliopsis helianthoides

Oxeye Sunflower

HP

Can easily get 5 foot tall.Trim as necessary. Goldfinch eat these flowers.

M

Hesperis matronalis

Dames's Rocket

HNB

Cabbage White

It's a great nectar plant in the spring. Can be invasive - don't plant in country settings.

M

Humulus

Hop Vine

HP

Question Mark, Comma

M

Liatris spicata

Blazing Star

NP

Excellent

M

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky'

Shasta Daisy

HNP

American Lady

Execellent Bloomer
Plant of Merit

M

Liatris pycnostachya

Prairie Blazingstar

NP

Tall and needs support. Pretty good.

M

Lindera benzoin

Spicebush

HP

Spicebush Swallowtail

Look for folded over or cut leaves...the caterpillar is inside.

M

Lobelia cardinalis

NP

This is my 3rd try.

M

Lychnis chalcedonica

Maltese Cross

NP

Excellent nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds

M

Parsley

H

Black Swallowtail

M

Penstemon digitalis -

Huskers Red

NP

M

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Slender Mountain Mint

NP

Blooms most of the summer. Good choice.

M

Rudbeckia fulgida
Goldstrum

Coneflower

NP

Silvery and Gorgone Checkerspot

Spreads via underground runners. A bit invasive.

M

Rudbeckia subtomentosa-

Sweet Coneflower

HNP

Silvery and Gorgone Checkerspot

Tall, but a lovely flower.

M

Salix discolor

Pussy Willow

Mourning Cloak, Viceroy, Red-spotted Purple

Tallish. Roots easily in water from cuttings.

M

Salvia coccinea

Lady in Red

HNA

Spring Azure

Lays it's eggs in the unopened flower buds

Cloudless Sulphur prefers this as a nectar source.

M

Sedum

NP

Is a great fall nectar plant. Grey Hairstreak love this.

M

Sedum...small ground cover

NP

M

Senna marilandica

Wild Senna

HP

Sulphurs + Silver Spotted Skipper

M

Solidago -

Goldenrod - Peter Pan

NP

Dwarf habit

M

Solidago rugosa -
Fireworks

Goldenrod

NP

Strong Grower - Impressive fall display

M

Stachys officianalis

Betony

NP

M

Verbena Bonariensis

Verbena on a Stick

NA

Buckeye - maybe.

One of my best nectar plants although it has a tendency for mildew. Vigorous and tall grower. Roots from cuttings easily and will reseed itself.

M

Verbena hastata

Blue Vervain

M

Veronica....misc types

NP

M

Viola

HP

Great Spangled Fritillary and Variegated Fritillary

M