Looking to attract more butterflies to your garden? These 14 native plants aren’t just beautiful—they’re absolute butterfly magnets!
With vibrant blooms and rich nectar sources, these showy native species support pollinators from early summer through fall. Whether you’re designing a new pollinator garden or adding to an existing one, these natives will bring color, movement, and life to your landscape.
Featured plants include:
- Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
- Showy Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa)
- Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Marsh Phlox (Phlox glaberrima)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
- Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- Sweet Joe Pye (Eutrochium purpureum)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
- Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
- Button Blazing Star (Liatris aspera)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Plant a few—or all—and watch the butterflies come flying in!