- Choose a sunny location
- Select brilliantly colored flowers with a flat face
- Plant clusters of the same variety
- Design with flowers of different heights
Butterfly Gardening
| PERENNIALS | ANNUALS | ||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Achillea | Yarrow | Aster | Aster |
| Armeria | Sea Pink | Centaurea | Bachelor Button |
| Asclepias | Butterfly Weed | Dianthus | Dianthus |
| Aster | Aster | Helianthus | Sunflower |
| Buddleia | Butterflybush | Impatiens | Impatiens |
| Centaurea | Bluet | Lantana | Lantana |
| Coreopsis | Tickseed | Petunia | Petunia |
| Dianthus | Dianthus | Rudbeckia | Black-Eyed Susan |
| Echnicaea | Coneflower | Salvia | Salvia |
| Echinops | Globe Thistle | Verena | Verbena |
| Erigeron | Fleabane | ||
| Eypatorium | Joe Pye Weed | ||
| Gaillardia | Blanket Flower | ||
| Heliopsis | False Sunflower | ||
| Heuchera | Coral Bells | ||
| Iberis | Candytuft | ||
| Lavandula | Lavender | ||
| Liatris | Liatris | ||
| Lobelia Cardinalis | Lobelia Cardinalis | ||
| Monarda | Bee Balm | ||
| Phlox | Phlox | ||
| Rudbeckia | Black-Eyed Susan | ||
| Salvia | Salvia | ||
| Scabiosa | Pincushion Flower | ||
| Veronica | Speedwell |
- Choose a sunny location
- Select brilliantly colored flowers with a trumpet shape
- Plant clusters of the same variety
- Design with flowers of different heights
| PERENNIALS | ANNUALS | ||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Aconitium | Monkshood | Calibrachoa | Calibrachoa |
| Ajuga | Ajuga | Dianthus | Dianthus |
| Alcea | Hollyhock | Fuchsia | Fuchsia |
| Aquilegia | Columbine | Hibiscus | Hibiscus |
| Asclepias | Butterfly Weed | Morning Glory | Morning Glory |
| Campanula | Bell Flower | Nicotiana | Nicoiana |
| Dianthus | Dianthus | Salvia | Salvia |
| Dicentra | Bleeding Heart | Torenia | Torenia |
| Digitalis | Foxglove | ||
| Heuchera | Coral Bells | ||
| Hemerocallis | Daylily | ||
| Hibiscus | Hibiscus | ||
| Lily | Lily | ||
| Lobelia Cardinalis | Lebelia Cardinalis | ||
| Lupinus | Lupine | ||
| Monarda | Bee Balm | ||
| Penstemon | Bearded Tongue | ||
| Salvia | Salvia | ||
| Trumpet Vine | Trumpet Vine |
Check out these special use flowers below.
Special Use Flowers
| PERENNIALS FOR CUT FLOWER | ANNUALS FOR CUT FLOWERS | ||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Achillea | Yarrow | Angelonia | Angelonia |
| Alchemilla | Lady's Mantle | Asparagus Fern | Asparagus Fern |
| Allium | Allium | Aster | Aster |
| Aquilegia | Columbine | Centaurea | Bachelor Buttons |
| Armeria | Sea Pink | Brachycome | Brachycome |
| Aster | Aster | Calendula | Calendula |
| Astilbe | False Spirea | Carnation | Carnation |
| Campanula | Bellflower | Celosia | Celosia |
| Centaurea | Bachelor Buttons | Cleome | Cleome |
| Convallaria | Lily of the Valley | Cosmos | Cosmos |
| Coreopsis | Tickseed | Dahlia | Dahlia |
| Delphinium | Larkspur | Dianthus | Dianthus |
| Dianthus | Dianthus | Helianthus | Sunflower |
| Dicentra | Bleeding Heart | Gomphrena | Gomphrena |
| Digitalis | Foxglove | Lisianthus | Lisianthus |
| Echinacea | Coneflower | Nicotiana | Nicotiana |
| Echinops | Globe Thistle | Salvia | Salvia |
| Gaillardia | Blanket Flower | Snapdragon | Snapdragon |
| Geum | Geum | Stock | Stock |
| Gypsophila | Baby's Breath | Zinnia | Zinnia |
| Heliopsis | False Sunflower | ||
| Iris | Iris | ||
| Liatris | Gay Feather | ||
| Lilium | Lily | ||
| Lobelia | Lobelia | ||
| Lupinus | Lupine | ||
| Monarda | Bee Balm | ||
| Paeonia | Garden Peony | ||
| Penstemon | Bearded Tongue | ||
| Phlox | Phlox | ||
| Physostegia | Obediant Plant | ||
| Platycodon | Balloon Flower |
