Plants to attract butterflies
Butterflies need plants to cover a long flowering season. They love Buddleja, and plants from the herb garden like Lavender, Thyme, and Oregano.
Butterflies - Autumn flowers
1334 plants
Butterflies - Spring flowers
1208 plants
Butterflies - Summer flowers
2532 plants
All plants (3273)
Preslia cervina alba
Blue water spearmint, Hart's pennyroyal, Holt's pennyroyal
Primula 'Silver-laced Group'
Primrose
Primula 'Sunshine Susie'
Hybrid primrose
Primula 'Tawny Port'
Hybrid primrose
Primula Jack-in-the-Green Group
Primrose
Pyracantha 'Golden Paradise'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Golden Sun'
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Star'
Firethorn, Buisson ardent, Scarlet firethorn
Rhododendron 'Blattgold'
Rhododendron 'Tinkerbird'
Ribes laurifolium 'Mrs Amy Doncaster'
Laurel leaved currant, Winter flowering currant
Ribes x nidigrolaria
Jostaberry
Rosa 'Bella Rosa'
Patio rose
Rosa 'Lovely Parfuma'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Glorious Parfuma® = 'KORberonem'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Barbecue'
Barbecue Rosemary
Rostrinucula dependens
Weeping buddleja
Rubus 'All Gold'
Autumn fruiting raspberry
Rubus 'Buckingham'
Tayberry
Rubus fruticosus 'Ashton Cross'
Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus 'Bedford Giant'
Early season blackberry
Rubus fruticosus 'Helen'
spineless
Rubus fruticosus 'Himalaya Giant'
Blackberry
Rubus idaeus 'Cascade Delight'
Summer fruiting raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Heritage'
Raspberry
Rubus x loganobaccus
Loganberry
Rudbeckia 'Giggling Smileyz'
Cone flower
Rudbeckia hirta 'Summerina Pumpernickel'
Coneflower
Salvia 'Jeans Jewel'
Sage
Salvia Cuello Pink = 'Dysecp'
Sage
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Pretty Carroll'
Ground cyprus, Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Scabiosa 'Blackberry Fool'
Scabious
Scabiosa 'Fama Blue'
Pincushion flower, Scabious, Mourning bride
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Ace of Spades'
Mournful widow, Sweet scabious, Egyptian rose
Scabiosa caucasica 'Blausiegel'
Caucasian scabious, Pincushion flower
Sedum 'Birthday Party'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Class Act'
Stonecrop
Sedum Herbstfreude Group 'Elsie's Gold'
Elsie's Gold stonecrop
Solidago 'Leraft'
Golden rod
Spiraea japonica Walberton's Plumtastic = 'Walplum'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Stokesia laevis
Stoke's aster, Jasper blue stokesia
Syringa 'Miss Japan'
Lilac
Syringa 'Pink Perfume'
Lilac
Syringa emodii
Himalayan lilac, Lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula
Lilac, Korean lilac
Syringa villosa
Lilac, Korean lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Alice Harding'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Francisque Morel'
Common lilac