Attracting butterflies to the garden is the focus of this combination of perennials, spring blooming bulbs, and trees and shrubs to provide accent and balance. This list is current as of May 2021.
Perennials
- Achillea filipendulina ‘Gold Plate’ – yarrow
- Achillea ‘Terracotta’ – yarrow
- Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ – hyssop
- Asclepias speciosa – showy milkweed
- Asclepias tuberosa ‘Clay Orange’ – butterfly weed
- Aster latifolius ‘Lady in Black’
- Buddleia Lo & Behold® ‘Blue Chip’ – butterfly bush
- Calluna vulgaris – ‘Silver Knight’ heather
- Clematis x lawsoniana ‘Henryi’– large-flowered clematis
- Coreopsis lanceolata – lance-leaved coreopsis/tickseed
- Dianthus gratianopolitanus – Cheddar pink
- Echinacea purpurea – purple coneflower
- Eriogonum umbellatum – sulfur buckwheat
- Erysimum cheiri ‘Charity Scarlet’- wallflower
- Eutrochium purpureum – Joe-Pye weed
- Heliopsis helianthoides – false sunflower/ox-eye daisy
- Lavendula stoeches ‘Blueberry Ruffles’ – lavender
- Limonium sinuatum – sea lavender statice
- Lupinus polyphullus – bigleaf lupine
- Mirabilis jalapa – four o’clock
- Oenothera fremontii ‘Shimmer’ – evening primrose
- Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ – switchgrass
- Potentilla fruticosa ‘Pink Beauty’
- Phlox paniculata ‘David’
- Ratibida columnifera – Mexican hat/upright prairie coneflower
- Rudbeckia triloba – brown-eyed Susan
- Salvia azurea – prairie sage
- Salvia ‘Maraschino’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’
- Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
- Sedum ‘Golden Carpet Sedum Acre’
- Solidago ‘Little Lemon’ – goldenrod
- Tanacetum parthenium – feverfew/tansies
- western ironweed
- Viola
Bulbs
- Allium ‘Ambassador’
- Allium ‘Silver Spring’
- Allium ‘Summer Drummer’
- Hyacinths
- Muscari aucheri ‘White Magic’
- Muscari paradadoxu ‘Grape’
Trees & Shrubs
Utility Friendly trees are designated as “UF”
- Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ – serviceberry – UF: 15ft x 25ft
- Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ – red twig dogwood
- Cornus ‘Cardinal’ – red twig dogwood
- Symphoricarpos albus – snowberry
Community Education Gardens
CEG Overview
All Things Woody Garden
Butterfly Garden
Deer Resistant Garden
Welcome Garden
Natives ‘N More Garden
Rose Garden
Sun and Shadow Garden
Utility Friendly Trees
Vegetable Garden
Winnie the Pig Garden