" * " designates a native plant.
"H" designates plants that are also attractive to hummingbirds.
| ANNUALS | ||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | |
| Tithonia rotundifolia | Mexican sunflower | |
| Helianthus spp. | Sunflower | |
| Antirrhinum majus | Snapdragon | |
| Tagetes spp. | Marigold | |
| Cosmos spp. | Cosmos | |
| Nicotiana spp. | Flowering tobacco | |
| Zinnia spp. | Zinnia | |
| Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | |
| Salvia spp. | Salvia | |
| Heliotrope arborescens | Heliotrope | |
| Lantana camara | Lantana | |
| Alcea rosea | Hollyhock | |
| Petunia x hybrida | Petunia | |
| Pentax lanceolata | Starflower | |
| Verbena canadensis | Verbena or rose vervain | |
| Verbena bonariensis | Tall or Brazilian verbena | |
| PERENNIALS | ||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | |
| Aster spp. | Aster | |
| Monarda didyma | Bee balm | |
| Rudbeckia spp. | Black-eyed Susan | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly weed | |
| Coreopsis spp. | Coreopsis or Tickweed | |
| Hemerocallis spp. | Daylily | |
| Liatris spp. | Gayfeather or blazing star | |
| Solidago spp. | Goldenrod | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple coneflower | |
| Eupatorium coelestinium | Wild or hardy ageratum,mist flower | |
| Eupatorium purpureum | Joe-pye weed | |
| Lavandula spp. | Lavender | |
| Phlox spp. | Phlox | |
| Scabiosa spp. | Pincushion flower | |
| Sedum spp. | Stonecrop | |
| Certostigma plumbaginoides | Leadwort or false plumbago | |
| Veronica spp. | Veronica | |
| Achillea spp. | Yarrow | |
| WOODY PLANTS | ||
| Botanical Name | Common Name | |
| Caryopteris x clandonensis | Blue mist shrub | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood | |
| Buddleia spp. | Butterfly bush | |
| Syringa spp. | Lilac | |
| Rhododendron spp. | Rhododendron and azalea | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel | |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | |
| Clethra alnifolia | Sweet pepperbush | |
| Abelia x grandiflora | Glossy Abelia | |
| Fruit trees - disease resistant varieties | ||
| Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly: violets |
| Common Buckeye Butterfly: snapdragon, monkey flower, verbena |
| Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly: Aristolochia spp. - Dutchman's Pipe Vine |
| Clouded Sulphur & Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly: peas, clover & other legumes |
| Pearl Crescent Butterfly: aster |
| Mourning Cloak Butterfly: willows, elms, birches |
| Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly: spicebush, sassafras |
| Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly: cherry, tulip tree, ash, birch, willow |
| Gray Hairstreak Butterfly: clover, mallow, hollyhock |
| Various Skippers: wood nymphs |
| Satyrs: grasses, sedges |
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