Blossoms for Butterflies

Butterflies prefer fragrant, tubular flowers in bright colors, such as orange, yellow, pink and purple.  Big clusters of flowers are more attractive than scattered blooms.


Common Name: Adam's Needle
Botanical Name: Yucca filamentosa
Common Name: Allegheny Viburnum
Botanical Name: Viburnum xrhyutidophylloides Alle
Common Name: Anise Hyssop
Botanical Name: Agastache foeniculum
Origin: Native
Common Name: Apache Plume
Botanical Name: Fallugia paradoxa
Origin: Native
Common Name: Autumn Joy Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Common Name: Beardlip Penstemon
Botanical Name: Penstemon barbatus
Common Name: Bee Balm
Botanical Name: Monarda didyma
Common Name: Bee Balm
Botanical Name: Monarda fistulosa
Origin: Native
Common Name: Betony
Botanical Name: Stachys grandiflora
Common Name: Blue Hills Sage
Botanical Name: Salvia superba 'Blue Hills'
Common Name: Blue Spirea
Botanical Name: Caryopteris x clandonensis ''Blue Mist'
Common Name: Bronze Fennel
Botanical Name: Foeniculum vulgare
Common Name: Broom
Botanical Name: Cytisus scoparius ‘Moonlight’
Common Name: Brown-eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia nitida
Common Name: Brown-eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia occidentalis
Common Name: Brown-eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia nitida
Common Name: Buffalo Current
Botanical Name: Ribes aureum
Origin: Native
Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii
Common Name: Butterflyweed
Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name: Cat Mint
Botanical Name: Nepeta x faassenii 'Six Hills Giant'
Common Name:Chocolate Flower
Botanical Name: Berlandiera lyrata
Origin: Native
Common Name: Chokecherry
Botanical Name: Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red'
Common Name: Clematis
Botanical Name: Clematis ‘Niobe’
Common Name: Common Purple Lilac
Botanical Name: Syringa vulgaris
Common Name: Coral Carpet Sedum
Botanical Name: Sedum album
Common Name: Cowboy's Delight
Botanical Name: Sphaeralcea emoryi
Origin: Native
Common Name: Crane's Bill Geranium
Botanical Name: Geranium maculatum
Origin: Native
Common Name: Culinary Sage
Botanical Name: Salvia officinalis
Common Name: Daylily
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis sp.
Common Name: Dwarf Goldenrod
Botanical Name: Solidago 'Golden Baby'
Common Name: English Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia
Common Name: Evening Primrose
Botanical Name: Oenothera caespitosa
Origin: Native
Common Name: False Indigo
Botanical Name: Baptisia australis
Common Name: Fernbush
Botanical Name: Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Origin: Native
Common Name: Feverfew
Botanical Name: Tanacetum parthenium
Common Name: Foxglove Penstemon
Botanical Name: Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red'
Common Name: Gayfeather
Botanical Name: Liatris spicata
Origin: Native
Common Name: Germander
Botanical Name: Teucrium chamaedrys
Common Name: Globe Thistle
Botanical Name: Echinops bannaticus
Common Name: Golden Columbine
Botanical Name: Aquilegia chrysantha
Common Name: Goldenrod
Botanical Name: Solidago canadensis
Origin: Native
Common Name: Goldmoss Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum acre
Common Name: Hairy Verbena
Botanical Name: Verbena hastata
Common Name: Hardy Hibiscus
Botanical Name: Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Lady Baltimore'
Common Name: Indian Blanket Flower
Botanical Name: Gaillardia aristata
Origin: Native
Common Name: Ironweed
Botanical Name: Vernonia angustifolia
Common Name: Italian Alkanet
Botanical Name: Anchusa azurea
Common Name: Joe Pye Weed
Botanical Name: Eupatorium purpureum
Common Name: Jupiter's Beard
Botanical Name: Centranthus ruber
Common Name: Lamb's Ears
Botanical Name: Stachys byzantina
Common Name: Lilac
Botanical Name: Syringa xprestionae
Common Name: Maiden Grass
Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus'
Common Name: Maltese Cross
Botanical Name: Lychnis chalcedonica
Common Name: Matrona Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum 'Matrona'
Common Name: Maximilian Sunflower
Botanical Name: Helianthus maximilianii
Common Name: May Night Sage
Botanical Name: Salvia superba 'Mainacht'
Common Name: Meadow Sage
Botanical Name: Salvia verticillata
Common Name: Mexican Feather Grass
Botanical Name: Stipa tennusisima
Common Name: Mexican Hat
Botanical Name: Ratibida columnifera
Origin: Native
Common Name: Michaelmas Daisy
Botanical Name: Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’
Common Name: Mohrchren Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum 'Mohrchen'
Common Name: Moon Carrot
Botanical Name: Seseli gummiferum
Common Name: Ninebark
Botanical Name: Physocarpus monogynus
Origin: Native
Common Name: Orange Carpet Fuschia
Botanical Name: Zauschneria garrettii
Common Name: Paper Zinnia
Botanical Name: Zinnia grandiflora
Common Name: Pikes Peak Beardtongue
Botanical Name: Penstemon mexicali ‘Pike's Peak Purple'
Common Name: Pincushion Flower
Botanical Name: Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
Common Name: Pine-leafed Penstemon
Botanical Name: Penstemon pinifolius
Common Name: Pitcher Salvia
Botanical Name: Salvia azurea pitcheri 'Nekan'
Common Name: Poppy Mallow
Botanical Name: Callirhoe involucrate
Origin: Native
Common Name: Purple Clover
Botanical Name: Dalea purpurea
Origin: Native
Common Name: Purple Smokebush
Botanical Name: Cotinus coggyria
Common Name: Rabbitbrush
Botanical Name: Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Origin: Native
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
Botanical Name: Kniphofia ‘Alcazar'
Common Name: Red Rocks Penstemon
Botanical Name: Penstemon mexicali 'Red Rocks'
Common Name: Rocky Mountain Beardtongue
Botanical Name: Penstemon strictus
Origin: Native
Common Name: Russian Sage
Botanical Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia
Common Name: Shasta Daisy
Botanical Name: Leucanthemum superbum 'Switzerland'
Common Name: Showy Milkweed
Botanical Name: Asclepias speciosa
Origin: Native
Common Name: Shrub Rose

Botanical Name: Rosa 'Martin Frobisher'
Common Name: Shrub Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa 'Mordren Fireglow'
Common Name: Shrub Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa 'Theresa Bugnet'
Common Name: Shrub Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa 'Winnepeg Parks'
Common Name: Silver Fountain Butterfly Bush
Botanical Name: Buddleia alternifolia
Common Name: Sneezeweed
Botanical Name: Helenium sp.
Common Name: Speedwell
Botanical Name: Veronica austriaca
Common Name: Spreading Fleabane
Botanical Name: Erigeron divergens
Origin: Native
Common Name: Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum spurium
Common Name: Sungold Butterfly Bush
Botanical Name: Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Sungold’
Common Name: Sunset Hyssop
Botanical Name: Agastache rupestris
Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata
Common Name: Vera Jameson Stonecrop
Botanical Name: Sedum 'Vera Jameson'
Common Name: Whirling Butterflies
Botanical Name: Gaura lindheimeri
Common Name: Wood's Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa woodsii
Origin: Native
Common Name: Wooly Thyme
Botanical Name: Thymus sp.
Common Name: Wormwood
Botanical Name: Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
Common Name: Yarrow
Botanical Name: Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'
 




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The Butterfly Pavilion combines science education with interactive fun to teach visitors about invertebrates and conservation. Our five immersive exhibits, including our rainforest filled with 1,600 free-flying tropical butterflies, provide a year-round, unforgettable experience. Visitors can get up close and personal with live animals, enjoy daily educational programs, explore the wonder of the outdoors on the nature trail, and discover the newest traveling exhibit. Butterflies are just the beginning. 

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