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Wildlife Attraction

One of the greatest joys of gardening is watching the wildlife that is attracted to the plants and flowers we put in our gardens. Butterflies are attracted to the nectar of flowers. It is their primary food source. The following is a list of plants that will surely bring butterflies to your garden. Enjoy your butterfly watching!

Evergreen Shrubs

Holly

Flowering and Deciduous Shrubs

Butterfly Bush
Clethra
Lilac
Vitex

Flowering Trees

Crabapple
Dogwood
Groundcovers
Cotoneaster

Perennials

Astilbe
Bee Balm
Crocosmia
Echinacea
Phlox
Lavender
Coreopsis
Aster
Salvia
Veronica
Wandflower

Unusual Plants

Silverbell

Vines

Clematis
Trumpet Vine

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