Byline: HOLLY HAYES Knight Ridder {FACTBOX} Butterflies, bees like these plants Want to get started attracting birds and butterflies to your garden? Choose plants they seek out for food and shelter. Here are a few of their favorites that might just become your favorites, too: Butterflies Trees: Willow (salix ) and birch (betula ) Shrubs: Spiraea Perennials: Aster (asteraceae ), butterfly bush (buddleia ), catmint (nepeta) ), lantana, pincushion flower (scabiosa ), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ), salvia (many), verbena, yarrow (achillea ) Birds Trees: Conifers such as junipers and pines, dogwood (cornus ), elderberry (sambucus ), viburnum Shrubs: Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus inserta ), dogwood (cornus ), holly (ilex ), cotoneaster Perennials: Aster (asteraceae ), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ), rudbeckia Especially for hummingbirds Shrubs: Bottlebrush (callistemon ), Chinese bellflower (abutilon ), elderberry (sambucus ), lantana Perennials/annuals:
Fuchsia (Onagraceae ), geranium (pelargonium ), hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea and many other salvia varieties), nicotiana, penstemon. Vines: Clematis, honeysuckle (lonicera ), trumpet creeper (Campis radicans and distictis ) Hummingbirds and butterflies Spikes of tubular flowers in purple shades: Anise, blazing star (liatris ), butterfly bush (buddleia ), lilacs (syringa ), penstemon, salvia Red color and daisy-like flower: Dahlia, common …
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