Here is the “butterfly plant” shopping list from the BBG:
1) a sun and shade Maypop or Passionvine
2) 3 varieties of Milkweeds
3) Cardinal Flower
4) 7 varieties of Asters
We may have missed a few items, so don’t forget to ask the folks at the Fall Plant Sale about additional native trees or plants that can be host plants for butterflies.
Gulf Fritillary – Photo by Sara BrightCloudless Sulphur Shelby – Photo by Sara Bright
Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.