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Popular Butterfly Plants for Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
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Purple Coneflower
Perennial, summer-fall blooming, very hardy, full sun

Butterfly Bush
Perennial, low maintenace, full sun, summer-fall blooming

Butterfly Weed
Perennial, plant only in ground, not in containers, full sun, host plant for Monarch caterpillars

Asters
Perennial, fall blooming, partial to full sun

Coreopsis
Perennial, full sun

Sunflowers
Annual, full sun

Wild Geranium
Perennial, spring blooming, grows well in shade

Lantana
Annual, full sun, also attracts hummingbirds

Bee Balm
Perennial, summer blooming, partail to full sun

Parsley
Annual herb, host plant for swallowtail butterflies

Milkweed
Perennial, host plant for monarch butterflies, early summer fragrant blooms

 

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