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Flowers for Hummingbirds and Butterflies
Bee Balm ..................................................Monarda didyma
Butterfly bush ........................................Buddleia
Butterfly weed........................................Asclepias tuberosa
Cardinal flower........................................Lobelia cardinalis
Coral honeysuckle ..................................Lonicera sempervirens
Cosmos.....................................................Cosmos sulphureous
Cross vine ................................................Bignonia capreolata
Joe-Pye weed ..........................................Eupatorium spp.
Lantana ....................................................Lantana camara
Pentas.......................................................Pentas lanciolata
Purple coneflower ...................................Echinacea purpurea
Scarlet sage ...........................................Salvia coccinea
Native Plants for a Shady Garden
Alumroot ..................................................Heuchera americana
Bellflower ..................................................Campanula rotundifolia
Bleeding heart ........................................Dicentra eximia
Bugbane ...................................................Cimicifuga racemosa
Goatsbeard.............................................Aruncus dioicus
Jack-in-the-Pulpit .................................Arisaema triphyllum
Oakleaf hydrangea ................................Hydrangea quercifolia
Sweet shrub ............................................Calycanthus floridus
Strawberry bush ....................................Euonymus americanus
Turtlehead ...............................................Chelone glabra
Violet .........................................................Viola spp.
White wood aster ..................................Aster divaricatus
Wild indigo ................................................Baptisa australis
This article was written by
Maryland Master Wildlife Habitat
Naturalist Cathy Gilleland.
For more information or for the
name of a Master Wildlife
Habitat Naturalist in your area,
please contact:
WindStar Wildlife Institute
10072 Vista Court
Myersville, Maryland 21773
Phone: (301) 293-3351
E-mail: wildalife@windstar.org
http://www.windstar.org
WindStar Wildlife Institute is a
national, non-profit, conservation
organization whose mission is to
help individuals and families
establish or improve the wildlife
habitat on their properties.
Many people already enjoy
maintaining bird feeders, and a
designated area near the house
lets you watch the activity and
keep the feeders easily filled.
Mimicking nature, feeders
should be placed at different
heights.
Overall, black oil sunflower
seed is the most popular with
birds, but there are many
selections of seeds and nectars
available.
There are specific plants
(see list below) for butterfly
and hummingbird gardens and
your local nursery and mail
order catalogues can provide a
seemingly endless array of
choices.
