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browsing plants: butterfly annuals

Flowering annuals bring color to summer gardens with their blooms, but many also bring in colorful butterflies and other pollinators. The following annuals are especially good for providing pollen and nectar to attract butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and other pollinators to your garden.

giant milkweed

Calotropis gigantea

Thrives in medium moisture and well-drained soils in full sun. Established plants tolerate drought, but … Continued

longflower beeblossom

Gaura longiflora

Large-flowered gaura is a great plains prairie plant that establishes quickly to provide late-season bloom. … Continued

Mexican bush sage

Salvia leucantha

Native to Central America and Mexico. Grown as an annual that grows 2-3’ tall in … Continued

nasturtium

Tropaeolum

Nasturtiums are easy to grow and may be climbing, cascading or bushy. A popular edible, … Continued

old-fashioned tobacco

Nicotiana sylvestris

Tall, old-fasioned nicotiana features 3-4′ tall stalks topped with many trumpet-shaped, fragrant white blooms throughout summer. … Continued

star flower

Pentas

14-16″ tall plants with large flower clusters that attract swarms of butterflies and other pollinators. … Continued

purslane

Portulaca grandiflora

Large blooms cover these low-growing drought tolerant succulents through the summer. Needs almost no care … Continued

candlestick bush

Senna alata

A showy addition to any garden, large round leaves fold up at night. Large, upright, … Continued