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What are the best plants for our environment that attract butterflies, hummingbirds and song birds?

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What are the best plants for our environment that attract butterflies, hummingbirds and song birds?

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Wendy: Butterfly plants include: Achillea millefolium (Yarrow), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Coreopsis, Cosmos, Echinacea (Coneflower), Gaillardia (Blanket Flower), Heliotropum (Heliotrope), Lantana, Lavandula (Lavender), Passiflora (Passion Flower), Plumbago, Rosmarinus (Rosemary) and Salvia (Sage), to name a few. Hummingbirds love Abutilon (Flowering Maple), Arburus (Strawberry Tree), Asclepias (Butterfly Weed), Buddleia (Butterfly Bush), Echium fastuosum (Pride of Madeira), Feijoa sellowiana (Pineapple Guava), Hemerocallis hybrids (Daylily), Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker), Lantana, Lavandula (Lavender), Pandorea jasminoides (Bower Vine), Pelargonium (Ivy and Zonal Geraniums) and Salvia (Sage). We have information sheets here that customers can take so they have the complete list of cheerful visitors to our gardens year-round. Ron: When you garden naturally, you attract birds and wildlife. If you let your garden be less formal (versus an English manicured garden), you’ll at