1994 Plant List Butterfly Garden Plant Sciences Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Zone 5) The garden is located in a sheltered site between rows of greenhouses. The garden covers 300 sq. ft. which allows large groupings of plants. Butterfly-friendly features include basking rocks and a mud puddle. Note that native plants grown in garden conditions will often grow much taller than their 'book' heights and may need staking. Many, such as Ironweed, can be cut back when around 2 feet tall and will bloom more profusely and at shorter heights. Native Annual or Perennial | Scientific Name Common Name Color --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 P Achillea millefolium 'Appleblossom' Yarrow pink/red 2 P Achillea millefolium 'King Alfred' Yarrow, dwarf yellow 3 A Anethum graveolens Dill food plant 4 A Anthemis tinctoria Golden Marguerite yellow 5 A Antirrhinum 'Floral Carpet' Snapdragon mixed 6 A Antirrhinum majus 'Yellow Monarch' Snapdragon yellow 7 * P Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed orange 8 * P Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed pink/red 9 * A Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed 10 * P Aster novae-angliae New England Aster purple 11 A Brassica oleracea capitata Green Cabbage food plant 12 A Brassica oleracea italica ' Broccoli food plant 13 P Buddleia davidii 'Petit Plum' Butterfly bush purple/la 14 P Chrysanthemum maximum 'White Knight' Shasta Daisy white 15 A Chrysanthemum 'Polar Star' Fall Mum white/yel 16 P Clematis paniculata Sweet Autumn Clematis white 17 A Cleome hasslerana Spiderflower pink 18 * A Coreopsis tinctoria Plains Coreopsis yellow/re 19 A Cosmos bipinnatus'Sonata Mixed' Cosmos mixed 20 A Cosmos sulphureus Orange Cosmos orange 21 A Crystal Palace' Lobelia blue 22 B Dianthus barbatus 'New Era Mixed' Sweet William mixed 23 * P Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower purple 24 * P Eupatorium maculatum Joe Pye Weed pink 25 B Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel food plant 26 A Gomphrena hybrida 'Lavender Lady' Gomphrena lavender 27 A Helianthus annus Sunflower yellow 28 A Helianthus annus 'Autumn Beauty' Sunflower orange/ye 29 A Helianthus annus 'Italian White' Sunflower white 30 P Heliotropium x hybrid peruvianum Heliotrope purple 31 A Lathyrus odoratus 'Annabelle' Sweet Pea, climbing blue 32 P Lavandula angustifolia Lavender purple 33 * P Liatris spicata Blazing Star purple 34 A Lobularia maritima 'Sweet White' Alyssum white 35 * P Lupinus perennis Wild Lupine blue 36 * A Monarda citriodora Lemon Mint purple 37 * P Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot lavender 38 A Nasturtium majus 'Alaska Improved' Nasturtium, climbing orange 39 P Nepeta mussinii Catmint purple 40 P Origanum marjorana Sweet Marjoram pink 41 A Origanum vulgare Oregano pink/purple 42 A Petroselinum crispum Parsley food plant 43 P Phlox paniculata Phlox pink 44 * P Physotegia virginiana False Dragon Head pink 45 * A Ratibida columnifera Mexican Hat yellow/re 46 * P Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower yellow 47 * P Rudbeckia hirta Black-Eyed Susan yellow 48 P Ruta graveolens Rue yellow 49 * P Salvia farinacea Mealycup Sage blue 50 * P Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant yellow 51 * P Solidago rigida Goldenrod yellow 52 P Thymus serpyllum Creeping Thyme purple 53 A Tithonia grandiflora 'Sundance' Mexican sunflower orange 54 * P Vernonia fasciculata Ironweed purple 55 A Zinnia angustifolia 'Tropical Snow' Zinnia white ============================================================================