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browsing: 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.

moonflower

Datura inoxia, Datura metel

Showy large white blooms open over rich dark foliage and deep red stems punctuated with … Continued

fuchsia

‘Dark Eyes’ fuchsia makes out-of-this-world hanging baskets with unique blooms that look like nothing else. … Continued

Indian blanket

Gaillardia pulchella

Indian blanket is a bright native annual! It is easy to establish in dry to … Continued

longflower beeblossom

Gaura longiflora

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

giant milkweed

Calotropis gigantea

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

nasturtium

Tropaeolum

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

old-fashioned flowering tobacco

Nicotiana sylvestris

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

purslane

Portulaca grandiflora

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

Mexican petunia

Ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers'

Mexican petunias are happiest when grown in medium to wet soils in full sun to … Continued