Butterfly Gardening in Silver Spring, Maryland
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In my butterfly garden, I like to keep some plants in pots (mostly plastic pots) on my patio and lining the driveway. These are the potted plants that I have had the most success with in attracting butterflies:

Bloodflower (Asclepia currasavica)

Blue Cardinal Flower (Great Blue Lobelia) (Lobelia siphilitica)

Brazilian Verbena (Verbena bonariensis)

Catnip: I have this pot primarily for the pleasure of cats, but I often see cabbage whites nectaring on it.

Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)

Heliotrope

Lantana

Marigold

Mint

Mist Flower (Wild Ageratum) (Eupatorium coelestinum):

Radishes: These attract cabbage white butterflies and their caterpillars.

Rue: A host plant for black swallowtail butterflies.

 

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Bloodflower in pot.  The pot to the right contains lambsquarters.  August 2008

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Globe amaranth in pots.  July 2006

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