Insect Host Plants
Plants that caterpillars and other insect larvae need to complete their life cycle. Butterflies and moths lay eggs on these host plants that hatch into caterpillars which feed and grow before pupating into adults that pollinate your garden. These plants can also support Beetles (Coleoptera), Flies (Diptera), Bees & Wasps (Hymenoptera), True Bugs (Hemiptera), Grasshoppers & Crickets (Orthoptera).
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Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago Flexicaulis) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria Plantaginifolia) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium Purpureum) -
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago Caesia) -
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) -
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis Margaritacea) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Common Boneset (Eupatorium Perfoliatum) -
Ironweed (Vernonia Fasciculata) -
Prairie Pussytoes (Antennaria Neglecta) -
Big Bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii) -
White Tinged Sedge (Carex albicans) -
Mad Dog Skullcap (Scutellaria Lateriflora) -
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera Biennis) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias Exaltata) -
Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia Integerrima)