BUTTERFLIES WE ARE ATTRACTING TO THE PARK

  Host Plants and their Butterflies

 

CASSIA
(Senna alata)

 

SULPHURS

 

Shrub 10'h x 8'w

Full sun 

Flowers year-round

Propagation: seed

 

 

 

 

CASSIA
(Senna bicapsularis)

 

SULPHURS

 

Shrub (10'h x 8'w)

Full sun 

Flowers year-round

Propagation: seed

 

 

 

CASSIA
(Senna beariana)

 

SULPHURS

 

Shrub 10'h x 8'w

Full sun 

Flowers year-round

Propagation: seed

 

 

PASSIONVINE
(Passiflora incarnata)

GULF FRITILLARY, ZEBRA LONGWING & JULIA

 

Vine

Full sun to partial shade

Flowers spring thru fall

Propagation: seed or cuttings

 

 

WAX MYRTLE

(Myricaceae cerifera)

 

RED-BANDED HAIRSTREAK

 

Shrub (10'h x 6'w)

Full sun to partial shade

Flowers are small and inconspicuous

Propagation: seed or cuttings

 

 

 

PLUMBAGO

(Plumbago auriculatus)

 

CASSIUS BLUE

 

Shrub (6'h x 10'w)

Full sun

Flowers spring thru fall

Propagation: seed or cuttings

 

 

 

 

SCARLET MILKWEED

(Asclepias curassavica)

 

MONARCH and QUEEN

 

Plant (3-4' tall)

Full sun to partial shade

Flowers spring thru fall

Propagation: seed or cuttings

 

 

 

 

FENNEL

(Foeniculum vulgare)

 

EASTERN BLACK SWALLOWTAIL

 

Plant (1-2' tall)

Full sun

Propagation: seed

 

 

SWEET BAY

(Magnolia virginiana)

 

EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL

 

Tree (50'h x 15'w)

Full sun to partial shade

Flowers spring thru summer

Propagation: seed

 

 

 

DUTCHMAN'S PIPEVINE

(Aristolochia spp.)

 

GOLD RIM SWALLOWTAIL

 

Vine

Full sun to light shade

Flowers spring thru fall

Propagation: seed

 

 

 

GIANT MILKWEED

(Asclepias calotropis gigantea)

 

MONARCH and QUEEN

 

Plant (3-4' tall)

Full sun to partial shade

Flowers spring thru fall

Propagation: seed or cuttings

 

 

 

 

PEA VINE or BUTTERFLY PEA

(Centrosema viginianum)

 

LONG-TAILED SKIPPER

 

Vine

Full sun to partial shade

Flowers spring thru fall

Propagation: seed