Most Important NO PESTICIDES!!!

Nectar Plants
Here are some of the Nectar Plants and photo's of each


 

All Text is Copy written by Brenda Dziedzic ©2004
Photographs are not Copy written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly Bush  (Buddleia davidii)



Swamp Milkweed  (Asclepias incarnata)



Purple Coneflower  (Echinacea purpurea)



Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)



Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)



Joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium spp.)

 

Blazingstar (Liatris spp.)



Zinnia (Zinnia elegans spp.)



Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)



Vervain (Verbena spp.)



Aster (Aster spp.)



Ironweed (Vernonia spp.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host Plants
Here are some host plants and photo's

 

 

Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) - host for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail



Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - host for Spicebush Swallowtail



Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) - host for American Lady



Aster (Aster spp.) - host for Pearl Crescent



Violet (Viola spp.) - host for Fritillary



Clover (Trifolium spp.) - host for Clouded Sulphur, Easter Tailed-Blue

Milkweed (asclepias spp.) - host for Monarch Butterflies



Rue (Ruta graveolens) - host for Giant Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail



False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) - host for Eastern Comma, Question Mark, and Red Admiral



Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) - host for Giant Swallowtail



Dill, Fennel, Parsley & Rue - host for Black Swallowtail