Plants That Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds
If you hope to attract floating creatures to your garden, you’ll want to select native species for all plants, shrubs, trees and grasses you add. All things considered; simple attraction isn’t enough. Certainly, offering support for butterflies and hummingbirds entire lifecycles needs to be considered. Although there are millions of variables and options, choosing natives covers your ecological bases nicely.
Without question, attraction can be extremely cheap. A mixture of sugar and water poured into a red glass hummingbird feeder will certainly attract many flying creatures. Overall, a brightly colored plastic statue may even achieve temporary attention from butterflies, hummingbirds or other pollinators. Obviously, there are certain introduced and even invasive plants that draw attention from butterflies and hummingbirds. Undeniably, Buddleia marketing confuses or deludes many novice wildlife gardeners.
Some Native Plants That Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds:
A curated list of some favorites.
How to purchase wildflower seeds for your butterfly/hummingbird garden project:
Thank you for your interest in habitat restoration. Presently, you can access the Jessecology Wildflower Seed Mix Collection. Most “wildflower seed” mixes available on the market today utilize a blend of annuals + introduced plants, sometimes including a tiny skosh of the most common indigenous perennial species. In contrast, our small batch, locally grown seed vault is composed of 100% native species perennials, 100% of the time. Significantly, this means that securing wildflower seed from Jessecology for your habitat restoration project will actually do the ecosystem regeneration you’re looking for. Our custom mixes are not limited to the common native species. Often rare or endangered species may be included from our farm stock. All of our wildflower seeds are hand collected on privately owned land that our company manages organically. Our wildflower farm in Ballston Spa is the primary collection site. Native Seed Mixes can vary based on seed inventory.