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Wild Ginger (Asarum candensis) is a hardy woodlander that provides an attractive patch of heart-shaped, fuzzy leaves that look fresh all season. It grows from slowly spreading, aromatic stems. Intricate blooms open early in the spring below the
April 6, 2012
PLANTS FOR ATTRACTING BUTTERFLIES
PLANT CATALOGUE
(Click on a species for more information)
Amsonia tabernaemontana
(Bluestar)
Agastache foeniculum
(Anise Hyssop)
Allium cernuum
(Nodding Onion)
Aquilegia canadensis
(Canada Columbine)
Asclepias incarnata
(Swamp Milkweed)
Asclepius tuberosa
(Butterfly Weed)
Aster cordifolius
(Heart-leaved Aster)
Aster ericoides
(Heath Aster)
Aster novae-angliae
(New England Aster)
Aster oolentangiense
(Azure Aster)
Aster ptarmicoides
(White Dryland Aster)
Aster puniceus
(Swamp Aster)
Aster urophyllus
(Arrow-leaved Aster)
Aster umbellatus
(Flat-topped Aster)
Aster x amethystinum
(Amythest Aster)
Astragalus canadensis
(Canada Milk Vetch)
Baptisia leucantha
(Prairie False Indigo)
Baptisia australis
(Blue False Indigo)
Campanula rotundifolia
(Harebell)
Cephalanthus occidentalis
(Buttonbush)
Cimicifuga racemosa
(Black Snakeroot)
Chelone glabra
(Turtlehead)
Coreopsis tripteris
(Tall Tickseed)
Dalea purpurea
(Purple Prairie Clover)
Desmodium canadense
(Showy Tick Trefoil)
Echinacea pallida
(Prairie Coneflower)
Echinacea paradoxa
(Yellow Coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea
(Purple Coneflower)
Eryngium yuccifolium
(Rattlesnake Master)
Eupatorium maculatum
(Joe- Pye Weed)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
(Boneset)
Gaillardia aristata
(Blanket Flower)
Helenium autumnale
(Sneezeweed)
Liatris ligulistylus
(Blazing Star)
Liatris spicata
(Dotted Blazing Star)
Liatris pycnostachya
(White Prairie Blazing Star)
Mimulus ringens
(Monkey Flower)
Monarda fistulosa
(Wild Bergamot)
Monarda punctata
(Dotted Mint, Horsemint
)
Penstemon digitalis
(Foxglove Beardtongue)
Penstemon digitalis
('Husker Red' Beardtongue)
Penstemon hirsutus
(Hairy Beardtongue)
Penstemon hirsutus v. pygmaeus
(Dwarf Hairy Beardtongue)
Penstemon
species
Pycnanthemum virginianum
(Common Mountain Mint)
Ratibida pinnata
(Grey-headed Coneflower
)
Rosa
blanda
(Smooth Wild Rose)
Rudbeckia hirta
(Black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia laciniata
(Cutleaf Coneflower)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
(Sweet Coneflower)
Rudbeckia triloba
(Tall Brown-eyed Susan)
Silphium perfoliatum
(Cup Plant)
Solidago caesia
(Wreath Goldenrod)
Tiarella cordifolia
(Foam Flower)
Vernonia noveboracensis
(
New York
Ironweed)
Yucca filamentosa
(Yucca)
Verbena hastata
(Blue Vervain)
Viola lanceolata
(Lance-leaved Violet)