Suggest Plant Swap List

Host Plants

Plant Name	Sun	Water	Bloom	Type	Butterfly
Aristolochia fimbriata, White veined Pipevine			Spring-Fall	Perennial	Pipevine Swallowtail
Aristolochia macrophylla, Dutchmen’s Pipevine				Perennial	Pipevine Swallowtail
Aristolochia serpentaria, Virginia snakeroot				Perennial	Pipevine Swallowtail
Aristolochia tomentosa, Wooly Pipevine				Perennial	Pipevine Swallowtail
Asclepias incarnata	Full	Low	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Monarch
Asclepias syriaca	Full	Low-Med	Summer	Annual	Monarch
Asclepias tuberosa	Full	Low	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Monarch
Baptisia australis	Full, Part	Low	Spring	Perennial	Wild Indigo Duskywing, Silver Spotted Skipper
Boehmeria cylindrica, false nettle				Perennial	Red Admiral, Eastern Comma, Question Mark
Cassia/senna hebecarpa, wild senna				Perennial	Sleepy Orange, Cloudless Sulphur
Cleome				Annual	Checkered White
Gomphocarpus physocarpus	Full	Low-Med	Spring-Sum	Annual	Monarch
Lindera benzoin, spicebush				Perennial	Spicebush Swallowtail
Ruta graveolens, common rue				Perennial	Black Swallowtail
Senna obtusifolia				Annual	Sleepy Orange
Wisteria frutescens, native wisteria				Perennial	Silver Spotted Skipper
Zizia aurea, Golden Alexander			Spring	Perennial	Black Swallowtail

Nectar Plants

Plant Name	Sun	Water	Bloom	Type	Attracts
Asclepias incarnata	Full	Low	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Assorted pollinators
Asclepias syriaca	Full	Low-Med	Summer	Annual	Preferred plant to lay eggs on in our garden
Asclepias tuberosa	Full	Low	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Great Spangled Fritillary, Monarchs, butterflies and bees
Baptisia australis	Full, Part	Low	Spring	Perennial	Bumble bees
Buddleia, butterfly bush	Full	Low	Summer-Fall	Perennial	Assorted pollinators
Dahlia, various cultivars	Full	Med	Spring-Fall	Perennial	Bees, Butterflies, assorted pollinators
Echinacea, various cultivars	Full	Low-Med	Summer	Perennial	Skipper butterflies, assorted pollinators
Eupatorium, Joe Pye Weed	Full	Low	Late Summer	Perennial	Tiger Swallowtail Magnet! Other butterflies, pollinators
Gillardia, Blanket flower	Full	Med	Spring-Fall	Annual	Bees, Skippers, Assorted Pollinators
Globe amaranth, Gomphrena globosa	Full	Med	Spring-Fall	Annual	Assorted Pollinators
Lantana, various cultivars	Full	Low	Summer-Fall	Perennial	Assorted butterflies, pollinators
Lavender, various cultivars	Full	Low-Med	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Bees
Liatris, Blazing Star or Gayfeather	Full	Low	Summer	Perennial	Skipper butterflies, assorted butterflies, pollinators
Monarda, Beebalm	Full	Low-Med	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Bee and Hummingbird magnet! Assorted butterflies
Pycanthemum, mountain mints	Full-Part	Low	Summer	Perennial	Pollinator magnet!
Silphium perfoliatum, cup plant	Full	Low	Summer	Perennial	Skippers, Swallowtails, Brushfoots
Skullcap	Full	Low-Med	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Assorted pollinators
Stoke’s aster	Full	Low-Med	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Skipper butterfly magnet! Assorted butterflies and pollinators
Strawflowers	Full	Low-Med	Spring-Fall	Annual	Assorted butterflies and pollinators
Tithonia	Full	Low	Sum-Fall	Annual	Swallowtail butterfly magnet!
Verbena bonariensis, Tall verbena	Full- Part	Low	Spring-Sum	Perennial	Skipper butterflies, assorted pollinators
Vernonia, Ironweed	Full	Low-Med	Summer	Perennial	Assorted Pollinators, Large Butterflies
Zinnia	Full	Low-Med	Summer	Annual	Assorted butterflies and pollinators