Butterfly Garden

The Butterfly Garden was created to show the home gardener how to transform parts of their yard into a beautiful landscape that acts as a butterfly sanctuary.

The garden is backyard-sized to help interested gardeners imagine it in their own yard.

Native plants, common hybrids, small trees, shrubs and vines create a structured landscape that provides shelter and food for butterflies and a pleasant environment for the homeowner. The emphasis on perennial plants help create a low maintenance garden while groupings of annuals provide continuous bloom and color. The water bog adds interest to the garden and provides a place for the butterflies to "puddle" and drink.

Plants Used

Trees and Shrubs

Weigela
Dogwood
Butterfly bush
Honeysuckle
Pine
Lilacs
Pussywillow
Baptisia
Shrub Roses
Serviceberry
Coral berry

Grasses

Miscanthus
Little Bluestem

Hardscapes

Bog with goldfish
Bench
Trellis

Water Plants

Regular flag iris
Variegated flag iris
Snowflake water lily
Water hyacynth
Water lettuce

Biennials

Hollyhocks

Vines

Clematis

Bulbs

Grape Hyacinth
Siberian Squill
Tulips

Perennials

Liatris
Coneflower (2 varieties)
Sedum
Yarrow
Monarda
Dame's Rocket
Queen Anne's Lace
Milkweed (3 varieties)
Asters
Lobelia
Phlox
Shasta Daisy
Coreopsis
Black-eyed Susan
Joe-pye Weed
Ironweed
Queen of the Prairie
Boneset
Daylilies
Columbine
Companula
Veronica
Centaurea

Annuals

Parsley
Cleome
Zinnia
Alyssum
Phlox
Balsam
Globe Amaranth
Love Lies a Bleeding Amaranth
Cosmos
Amaranth "Magic Fountains"

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