Attracts Butterflies - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide‘Strawberry Fields’ gomphrena
Gomphrena haageana ‘Strawberry Fields’An upright, bushy annual with flowers (actually bracts) that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny yellow "seeds.
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Plant GuideThe Princess™ Spanish lavender
Lavandula stoechas 'IBPR901-2'This Spanish lavender features the most intense pink blossoms in the species
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Sponsored ContentNova™ ‘Dragonfire’ crocosmia
Crocosmia × crocosmiifloraThe short, compact habit of this variety allows it to stay upright throughout the growing season.
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Sponsored ContentQueen of the prairie
Filipendula rubraA show-stopping best-seller with cotton candy–pink plumes, queen of the prairie is a highlight in the summer prairie garden.
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Sponsored ContentIronweed
Vernonia fasciculataThe flowers of Ironweed are like crimson torches in the late summer prairie.
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Sponsored ContentMeadow blazingstar
Liatris ligulistylisKnown as the Monarch magnet, this liatris should be top-of-the-list as a Monarch nectar source for any medium-soil site.
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Sponsored ContentPurple prairie clover
Dalea purpureaThis member of the legume family has it all: gorgeous purple flowers with golden flecks, and elegant foliage on multiple upright stems all combine to give it great garden form.
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Plant GuideButterflyweed
Asclepias tuberosaTrue to its name Butterflyweed attracts legions of butterflies and is an important host plant for the caterpillars of Monarch, Grey Hairstreak, and Queen butterflies.Information provided by Praire Nursery
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Sponsored ContentSullivant’s milkweed
Asclepias sullivantiiSullivant's milkweed is a long-lived perennial and a well-behaved relative of the common milkweed.
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Sponsored ContentRed milkweed
Asclepias incarnataA member of the Asclepias (milkweed) genus, Red milkweed is a host plant for the caterpillar stage of the Monarch butterfly.
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