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Soil |
Attracts
Butterflies |
Name |
Characteristics (Adult plant height, wildlife food supplied, etc.) |
HM |
B |
Ageratum* | For lakeshore planting |
| XMH | B |
Asters | Larval food of Pearly Crescent |
| XMH | Beach Sunflower (Flora Sun) | Seeds for wildlife | |
| M | B |
Black-eyed Susan | Annual to perennial herb |
| XM | B |
Blazing Star | Bulbing perennial |
| XM | Blue-eyed Grass | To 2 feet / bluish purple flowers | |
| M | Button Snakeroot | ||
| HM | B |
Canna (Yellow or Golden) | |
| M | Carolina Jessamine/Yellow Jessamine | ||
| M | B |
Coneflowers | Perennial |
| M | B |
Coral Honeysuckle | Vine attracts hummingbirds |
| XM | Deer Tongue | ||
| H | Ferns (Sword=Nephrolepis exaltata, Cinnamon, Royal, Sensitive, Wood, Swamp) | ||
| X | B |
Florida Paintbrush | |
| XM | Gaillardia (Blanketflower) | Annual - will reseed | |
| XMH | B |
Goldenrod | Annual - will spread significantly thru reseeding |
| X | Gopher Apple | ||
| M | B |
Lantana (trailing/weeping or golden) | 12" to 18" |
| MX | B |
Passion Vine (Maypop - Incarnata) | Larval food of Gulf Frittilary & Zebra - Invasive |
| MX | B |
Passion Vine (Suberosa) | Larval food of Gulf Frittilary & Zebra |
| M | B |
Pentas* (especially red) | Non-native / attracts hummingbirds |
| XM | B |
Pennyroyal | |
| M | B |
Pipevine | Larval food of Pipevine Swallowtail & Polydamas |
| M | B |
Porterweed | To 4 feet |
| M | B |
Ruellia (Pineland Petunia) | |
| XM | B |
Sage (Tropical Red)*, Florida Blue | Annual - will reseed |
| XM | Spotted Bee Balm (Dotted Horsemint) | Attracts hummingbirds | |
| M | Sunshine Mimosa | ||
| H | B |
Tickseed | |
| M | B |
Tropical Milkweed* | Larval food of Monarchs & Queens |
| M | Twinflower | ||
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Bold
Type = Readily available requiring no special care General
soil characterizations:
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