The Butterfly Garden

More than 100 species of butterflies live in Ohio. Many of these beautiful insects are known as “specialists,” which means their caterpillars evolved to eat only one type of plant. When you plant a butterfly garden filled with pollinator-friendly native plants, you’re serving up a smorgasbord to many different species.

Can you count the different pollinators you see here today? How about evidence of them snacking? If you see bite marks on a plant’s leaves, remember that it’s doing its job. Without hungry caterpillars, there can be no butterflies!

(1) Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple (tree)
(2) Acer rubrum - Red Maple (tree)
(3) Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple (tree)
(4) Acer triflorum - Three Flowered Maple (tree)
(5) Aesculus sylvatica - Dwarf Red Buckeye (tree)
(6) Cedrus libani - Cedar of Lebanon (tree)
(7) Cercis canadensis 'Appalachian Red' - Appalachian Red Redbud (tree)
(8) Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' - Forest Pansy Redbud (tree)
(9) Cercis canadensis f. Alba - White-flowering Redbud (tree)
(10) Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud (tree)
(11) Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ - Weeping Alaskan Cypress (tree)
(12) Chamaecyparis obrusa - Hinoki Cypress (tree)
(13) Cladrastis kentukea - Kentucky Yellowwood (tree)
(14) Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree (tree)
(15) Cornus mas - Corneliancherry Dogwood (tree)
(16) Crataegus viridis - Green Hawthorn (tree)
(17) Diospyros virginiana - Persimmon (tree)
(18) Fagus grandifolia - American Beech (tree)
(19) Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor' - Tricolor Beech (tree)
(20) Fagus sylvatica - European Beech (tree)
(21) Gingko biloba - Gingko (tree)
(22) Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Redcedar (tree)
(23) Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia (tree)
(24) Magnolia kobus - Kobus Magnolia (tree)
(25) Magnolia stellata - Star Magnolia (tree)
(26) Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay Magnolia (tree)
(27) Magnolia x soulangiana - Saucer Magnolia (tree)
(28) Picea abies - Norway Spruce (tree)
(29) Betula nigra - River Birch (tree)
(30) Pinus virginiana - Scrub Pine (tree)
(31) Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore (tree)
(32) Prunus x subhirtella 'Snozofam' - Snow Fountain Weeping Cherry (tree)
(33) Quercus rubra - Red Oak (tree)
(34) Quercus alba - White Oak (tree)
(35) Syringa reticulata - Japanese Tree Lilac (tree)
(36) Cotinus coggygria - Smokebush (shrub)
(37) Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' - Annabelle Hydrangea (shrub)
(38) Hydrangea paniculata - Panicle Hydrangea (shrub)
(39) Lindera benzoin - Spicebush (shrub)
(40) Rhododendron ‘Gerard’s Hot Shot’ - Hot Shot Azalea (shrub)
(41) Salix purpurea ‘Nana’ - Dwarf Purple Willow (shrub)
(42) Sambucus nigra - Black Elderberry (shrub)
(43) Taxus x media - Hybrid Yew (shrub)
(44) Aegopodium podagraria - Bishop’s Weed (perennial)
(45) Agastache foeniculum - Anise Hyssop (perennial)
(46) Ageratina altissima - White Snakeroot (perennial)
(47) Amsonia hubrichtii - Threadleaf Bluestar (perennial)
(48) Andropogon gerardi - Big Bluestem (perennial)
(49) Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed (perennial)
(50) Aruncus dioicus - Goatsbeard (perennial)
(51) Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed (perennial)
(52) Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed (perennial)
(53) Asclepias tuberosa - Butterflyweed (perennial)
(54) Canna x generalis - Canna Lily (perennial)
(55) Conoclinium coelestinum - Blue Mist Flower (perennial)
(56) Convallaria majalis - Lily of the Valley (perennial)
(57) Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis (perennial)
(58) Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover (perennial)
(59) Delphinium exaltatum - Tall Larkspur (perennial)
(60) Desmanthus illinoensis - Illinois Bundleflower (perennial)
(61) Dryopteris filix-mas - Wood Fern (perennial)
(62) Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower (perennial)
(63) Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master (perennial)
(64) Erianthus alopecuroides - Silver Plume Grass (perennial)
(65) Eupatorium perfoliatum - Common Boneset (perennial)
(66) Eupatorium serotinum - Late Boneset (perennial)
(67) Eutrochium purpureaum - Joe Pye Weed (perennial)
(68) Fargesia rufa - Clumping Bamboo (perennial)
(70) Heliopsis helianthoides - Oxeye Sunflower (perennial)
(71) Hemerocalis fulva - Daylily (perennial)
(72) Hosta spp.- Hosta (perennial)
(73) Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish Bluebells (perennial)
(74) Iris x germanica - Bearded Iris (perennial)
(75) Leucojum aestivum - Summer snowflake (perennial)
(76) Liatris spicata - Marsh Blazingstar (perennial)
(77) Liriope spicata - Creeping Lilyturf (perennial) 
(78) Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower (perennial)
(79) Monarda didyma - Beebalm (perennial)
(80) Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’ - Jacob Cline Beebalm (perennial)
(81) Narcissus spp. - Daffodil (perennial)
(82) Oenothera speciosa - Pink Evening Primrose (perennial)
(83) Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove Beardtongue (perennial)
(84) Petasites japonicus ssp. giganteus 'Nishiki-buki' - Variegated Japanese Butterbur (perennial)
(85) Phlox paniculata - Garden phlox (perennial)
(86) Phytolacca americana - Pokeberry (perennial)
(87) Pycnanthemum muticum - Short-toothed Mountain Mint (perennial)
(88) Ratiba pinnata - Grayheaded Coneflower (perennial)
(89) Rudbeckia fulgida - Black Eyed Susan (perennial)
(90) Rudbeckia laciniata - Cutleaf Coneflower (perennial)
(91) Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem (perennial)
(92) Scilla siberica - Siberian Squill (perennial)
(93) Senna hebecarpa - Wild Senna (perennial)
(94) Silphium laciniatum - Compass Plant (perennial)
(95) Solidago caesia - Bluestem Goldenrod (perennial)
(96) Solidago canadensis - Canada Goldenrod (perennial)
(97) Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod (perennial)
(98) Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod (perennial)
(99) Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed (perennial)
(100) Symphyotrichum laeve - Smooth Aster (perennial)
(101) Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England Aster (perennial)
(102) Symphyotrichum oolentangiense - Skyblue Aster (perennial)
(103) Verbena bonariensis - Tall Verbena (perennial)
(104) Vernonia gigantea - Tall Ironweed (perennial)
(105) Hedra helix - English Ivy (vine)
(106) Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper (vine)
(107) Cassia fistula - Golden Shower Tree (tree) 
(108) Carex muskingumensis - Palm sedge (perennial)