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Attract Butterflies with Perennial Flowers

Draw butterflies to the garden with nectar-rich flowers

To see scads of dancing butterflies visiting your garden, you'll want to add nectar-rich flowers with open petals and short tubular blooms - perfect fits for the long, skinny "probosci" they use to suck up nectar. You'll also want to be sure that you've planted flowers with a range of bloom times, from early spring through fall, to keep hungry butterflies fed throughout the season. Because butterflies are most active in full sun, most of their favorite blooms are also great fits for sunny sites.

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  1. Johnson's Blue Cranesbill, Geranium Johnson's Blue

    Legendary color and flowers. Crane‚s Bill Johnson‚s Blue is the most famous blue geranium ever. Large flowers, compact plant. (Geranium)...

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    Johnson's Blue Geranium Johnson's Blue Cranesbill Geranium Johnson's Blue
    As low as $13.32 Sale $9.99
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    Legendary color and flowers. Crane's Bill Johnson's Blue is the most famous blue geranium ever. Large flowers, compact plant. (Geranium)
  2. Tall Meadow Rue

    With its large size and fine texture, Tall Meadow Rue is a great deer-resistant native perennial for naturalizing in wildflower gardens, meadows, and open woodland gardens. Purple st...

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    Tall Meadow Rue Tall Meadow Rue, Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum
    As low as $11.99 Sale $8.99
    Per Plant - 3" Pot
    With its large size and fine texture, Tall Meadow Rue is a great deer-resistant native perennial for naturalizing in wildflower gardens, meadows, and open woodland gardens. Purple stems hold fern-like foliage and sprays of white flowers that open in late spring to early summer, attracting native bees. Tall Meadow Rue thrives in moist, loamy soils in full sun to part shade. This towering beauty works well at the back of borders or meadows, or planted along a fence or building, and looks particularly impactful when mass planted. (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
  3. Orange Daylily Original Orange, Hemerocallis fulva, Old Orange Daylily, Close Up

    Easy growing Daylily Original Orange is famous for its vigorous, orange blooms along roadsides nationwide. This Daylily is carefree, adaptable, and tolerant of any soil. (Hemerocalli...

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    Original Orange Daylily Original Orange Daylily Hemerocallis fulva
    As low as $15.99 Sale $11.99
    Per Bag of 3
    Easy growing Daylily Original Orange is famous for its vigorous, orange blooms along roadsides nationwide. This Daylily is carefree, adaptable, and tolerant of any soil. (Hemerocallis fulva)
  4. Honeysuckle Vine Scentsation

    Add incredible fragrance and beauty to your trellises, arbors and buildings with European honeysuckle cultivar ‘Scentsation.’ Lemony-cream flower clusters appear on this ...

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    Scentsation Honeysuckle Vine Honeysuckle Vine Scentsation P#16240 Lonicera periclymenum Scentsation PP#16240
    $26.65 Sale $19.99
    Per Plant - 4" Pot
    Add incredible fragrance and beauty to your trellises, arbors and buildings with European honeysuckle cultivar ‘Scentsation.’ Lemony-cream flower clusters appear on this deciduous deep-green vine throughout summer which then become scarlet fall berries. Not invasive. Pollinator and hummingbird magnet. Average sunny soils with good moisture retention are the right match for this award-winning climbing plant. (Lonicera periclymenum)
  5. Purple Liatris spicata Violet, Liatris spicata, Blazing Star or Gayfeather

    This butterfly magnet produces a low clump of grassy looking leaves topped by tall spikes of bright magenta-purple hues which make for excellent cut flowers beginning in midsummer. (...

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    Floristan Violet Blazing Star Floristan Violet Blazing Star, Gayfeather Liatris spicata 'Floristan Violet'
    $17.32 Sale $12.99
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    This butterfly magnet produces a low clump of grassy looking leaves topped by tall spikes of bright magenta-purple hues which make for excellent cut flowers beginning in midsummer. (Liatris spicata)
  6. Bloody Cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum

    A hardy Geranium, Bloody Cranesbill is one of the most popular of them all, blooming for months throughout the summer with little care. In autumn the leaves turn bright red, adding v...

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    Bloody Cranesbill Geranium Bloody Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum
    $13.32 Sale $9.99
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    A hardy Geranium, Bloody Cranesbill is one of the most popular of them all, blooming for months throughout the summer with little care. In autumn the leaves turn bright red, adding vibrancy to the fall garden. (Geranium sanguineum)
  7. White Elderberry Johns, Sambucus canadensis, Elderberry

    This Elderberry not only delights with beautiful blooms and delicious berries, but provides multi-seasonal interest with foliage that changes to red-orange in the fall months. Attrac...

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    Johns Elderberry Johns Elderberry Sambucus canadensis Johns
    $19.99 Sale $14.99
    Per Plant - 3.5" Pot
    This Elderberry not only delights with beautiful blooms and delicious berries, but provides multi-seasonal interest with foliage that changes to red-orange in the fall months. Attract wildlife and gain the nutrients of Elderberries with this stunning shrub! This Elderberry is not self-pollinating, so we recommend planting with the Wild Elderberry for best pollination. (Sambucus canadensis)
  8. Purple Geranium Max Frei, Geranium sanguineum, Crane's Bill

    This low-growing variety has ferny foliage and produces magenta-purple blooms from early summer into fall. A beautiful groundcover. (Geranium sanguineum)...

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    Max Frei Geranium Max Frei Bloody Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum Max Frei
    $13.32 Sale $9.99
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    This low-growing variety has ferny foliage and produces magenta-purple blooms from early summer into fall. A beautiful groundcover. (Geranium sanguineum)
  9. Coral Bells Champagne Heuchera with flowers - Photo courtesy of TERRA NOVA® Nurseries, Inc.

    ‚Champagne‚ Coral Bells has it all, with a compact form and foliage that changes from peach to gold and then to champagne-gold over the season. Its colorful foliage is ac...

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    Champagne Coral Bells Coral Bells Champagne PP#27567 Heuchera villosa Champagne PP#27567
    $18.65 Sale $13.99
    Per Plant - 3" Pot
    'Champagne' Coral Bells has it all, with a compact form and foliage that changes from peach to gold and then to champagne-gold over the season. Its colorful foliage is accented by burgundy stems of light peach bell-shaped flowers that bloom most of the summer. A perfect choice for a border or container, or plant them in groups for pizazz! (Heuchera)
  10. Purple Aster frikartii Monch, Aster frikartii, New York Aster with ornamental grass

    Aster Frikartii Monch is an easy growing nectar plant that adapts well to many growing conditions without complaint. Lavender-blue flowers with daisy-like petals and golden yellow ce...

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    Monch Frikart's Aster Frikart's Aster Monch Aster x frikartii Monch
    $15.99 Sale $11.99
    Per Plant - 3" Pot
    Aster Frikartii Monch is an easy growing nectar plant that adapts well to many growing conditions without complaint. Lavender-blue flowers with daisy-like petals and golden yellow centers burst into bloom in late June, lasting through September and often until the first frost. Fast-growing, this bushy plant is known for its early blooms, disease-resistant foliage and unusual color. (Aster frikartii)
  11. Corolla Deep Rose Primrose

    A delightfully showy and easy-to-grow variety, Corolla™ ‚Deep Rose‚ Primrose welcomes spring with cheerful blooms. It starts as a low-growing rosette of bright green le...

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    Corolla Deep Rose Primrose Corolla Deep Rose Primrose Primula denticulata Corolla Deep Rose
    As low as $10.65 Sale $7.99
    Per Plant - 3" Pot
    A delightfully showy and easy-to-grow variety, Corolla™ 'Deep Rose' Primrose welcomes spring with cheerful blooms. It starts as a low-growing rosette of bright green leaves. In mid-spring, pompom-shaped flower clusters appear on sturdy stems. Individual flowers have scalloped magenta petals and yellow eyes, creating bold pops of much-needed color to brighten the early-season garden. Ideal for shade and small space gardens. (Primula denticulata)
  12. Culver's Root, Veronicastrum virginicum, photo courtesy of Taylor Creek Nurseries

    Culver‚s Root is a statuesque native wildflower with distinctive whorled leaves and floral spikes held aloft like a candelabra. The flowerheads are covered with tiny white-to-p...

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    Culver's Root Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum
    As low as $13.32 Sale $9.99
    Per Plant - 3" Pot
    Culver's Root is a statuesque native wildflower with distinctive whorled leaves and floral spikes held aloft like a candelabra. The flowerheads are covered with tiny white-to-pale-blue florets, buzzing with bees and butterflies. This perennial creates a striking vertical accent and pairs well with tall perennials and grasses. Highly adaptable for pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, or meadows. (Veronicastrum virginicum)
  13. Floristan White Blazing Star, Liatris spicata, Photo Courtesy of Walters Garden Inc.

    Floristan White Blazing Star sends two-foot spikes of pure white blooms shooting skyward from mid-summer into fall. Each flowering wand is packed with frilly, nectar-rich blooms that...

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    Floristan White Blazing Star Floristan White Blazing Star, Gayfeather Liatris spicata 'Floristan White'
    $17.32 Sale $12.99
    Per Bag of 25
    Floristan White Blazing Star sends two-foot spikes of pure white blooms shooting skyward from mid-summer into fall. Each flowering wand is packed with frilly, nectar-rich blooms that are a butterfly’s dream come true. This North American native selection was bred for excellent performance as a cut flower, be sure to gather handfuls for filling vases. (Liatris spicata)
  14. Silky Deep Red Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, with butterfly, Photo Credit - Quartl

    ‚Silky Deep Red‚ Tropical Milkweed is noted for its long bloom season, producing clusters of orange-red flowers with yellow centers from late spring to fall. This lush be...

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    Silky Deep Red Tropical Milkweed Silky Deep Red Tropical Milkweed, Bloodflower Asclepias curassavica Silky Deep Red
    As low as $11.32 Sale $8.49
    Per Plant - 3" Pot
    'Silky Deep Red' Tropical Milkweed is noted for its long bloom season, producing clusters of orange-red flowers with yellow centers from late spring to fall. This lush beauty carries an air of exotic mystery when planted as an annual in cooler zones, or used as a statement in container gardens. Young foliage has reddish tones adding to the variety’s distinctive beauty. (Asclepias curassavica)
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