Timed to coincide with the Monarch migration the showy goldenrod is sure to attract even more of the butterflies.
Tag Archives: goldenrod
What’s In Our Butterfly Garden
16 JunOver the past two years, CVEarthlab has acquired many butterfly host and nectar plants, in addition to our butterfly bushes. These include:
- Dill
- Dittany (Stone mint)
- Echinacea (purple coneflower)
- Goldenrod
- Hollow Joe-pye weed
- Milkweed (swamp)
- Smooth Aster (bluebird)
- Slender Goldentop
- Trumpet Honeysuckle
- Wild Bergamot (Bee balm)
- Yarrow
- Evening Primrose
- Coreopsis
- lavender
- Mountain mint
An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail checks out CVEarthlab.
Red Admiral
Solidago L. (Goldenrod)
14 Jun
Solidago, common name goldenrod, is a perennial plant that blooms with yellow flowers August through October. It can crossbreed with other plants, and today there are at least 130 species in the United States. Several butterflies eat goldenrod nectar, including Orange Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, American Lady and Monarch.
Source list: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SOLID; http://butterflyprojectnyc.org/gardening/;
http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/goldenrod
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