Date: Sat Mar 18 11:35:04 2000
Posted By: Richard Kingsley, Science teacher
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 951445942.En
Message:
Hi Sarah,
Planting flowers for butterflies and watching them flying around your
garden is great fun. You can also help local conservation and natural
history clubs by recording the butterflies that you see. Watching
butterflies is a good way to learn about insects and you will become an
expert in no time. I would also consider planting flowers for hummingbirds
( a way cool bird!).
To get you started, here is a list of plants that I have put together and
some websites to look at. Good luck!
Common name - scientific name
Shrubs
Butterfly bush - Buddleia davidii
Fountain butterfly bush - Buddleia alternifolia
Lilac - Syringa vulgaris
Lantanas - Lantana sp
Goldenflame - Bumalda spiraea
Beautybush - Kolkwitzia amabilis
Grasses
Mexican feathergrass - Stipa tenuissima
Quaking grass - Briza media
Moor grass - Molinia caerulia
Perennial Flowers
Butterfly weed - Asclepias tuberosa
Purple coneflower - Echinacea purpurea
Wallflower - Erisimum linifolium
Sea Pink - Armeria maritima
Shasta Daisies - Chrysanthemum x Superbum
Bee Balm - Monarda didyma
Annual Flowers
Ageratum - Ageratum houstonianum
China Pink - Dianthus chinensis
Lobelia - Lobelia erinus (probably prefers partial shade in OK)
Sweet Alyssum - Lobularia maritima
Flowering Tobacco - Nicotiana sp
Verbena - Verbena x hybrida
Common Cosmos - Cosmos bipinnatus
Try these sites for more information:
University of Kentucky - Insect Department
Univer
sity of Colorado - Creating a butterfly garden
Butterfly
Gardening
Butterfly Gardening by Melany
Butterfly plants
Hummingbird and
Butterfly gardening
Vera Lynn's Garden Pages (excellent site!!!!)
Children's Museum of
Indianopolis
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