Native Plants for Butterfly Larva
Coastal plain native plants that will attract butterflies and provide food for caterpillars:
Savanna Indigo Bush
Amorpha confusa
- Dark purple flowers
- Moist to wet soil
- Southern Dog Face host plant
- zone 8
$8.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013
Dwarf Indigo Bush
Amorpha herbacea
- Thrives in poor sandy soil
- Very drought tolerant
- Southern Dog Face host plant
- zones 7-9
$7.00 - qt.
Lance Leaf Milkweed
Asclepias lanceolata
- Great companion for pitcher plants
- Clusters of orange and red flowers
- Monarch host plant
- zones 7-9
$10.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
$8.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013- Excellent nectar source
- Rare in North Carolina
- Monarch host plant
- zones 6-8
Red Milkweed
Asclepias rubra
- Nectar attracts pollinators
- Moist to wet soils
- Monarch host plant
- zones 7-9
$10.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013
Sweet Bay
Magnolia virginiana variety virginiana
$12.00 - gal.
- Lemon scented flowers
- Thrives in wet soil
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail host plant
- zones 6-8
Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
$8.00 - qt.
sold out
available Oct. 2013
'Maple Hill' Eastern Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus 'Maple Hill'
$7.00 - qt.
- Local selection with purple flowers
- Low clumps of evergreen foliage
- Common Buckeye host plant
- zones 6-8
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum laterifolium
$7.00 - qt.
- Thrives in clay and wet soil
- Flowers in fall
- Pearl Cresent host plant
- zones 6-9
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