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• Cockspur Hawthorn

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Crataegus crus-galliCommon Name: Cockspur hawthorn Updated 3/2012 Click an image to enlarge form flowers bark leaves   Height: 20-30'  Spread: 20-35'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Cornelian-cherry Dogwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cornus mas Common Name: Cornelian-cherry Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fruits Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Oval, multi-trunked tree Growth Rate: Slow...

• Plants that Attract Butterflies

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, butterfly
  Plants that Attract Butterflies A butterfly garden is simply a flower garden that is designed to include nectar-rich flowers that butterflies love to visit. The ideal garden is one that supports both the adults and larvae, by offering a wide...

• River Birch

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, Large Deciduous Trees, Butterflies, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, birds, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Betula nigraCommon Name: River Birch* Updated  2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form     Leaf Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form:...

• Old Fashioned Weigela - WINE & ROSES®

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, birds, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Weigela florida 'Alexandra' Common Name: Old Fashioned Weigela - WINE & ROSES® Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate:...

• Hackberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, Butterflies, birds
  Botanical Name: Celtis occidentalis Common Name: Hackberry Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Winter form Leaf bark form Height: 40-60' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth changing...

• Little-leaved Linden

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate Sized Trees, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata Common Name: Little-leaved Linden Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf Bark Height: 45-60' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth, upright-oval with age Growth Rate:...

• Allegheny Serviceberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Native Trees, Butterflies, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Amelanchier laevis Common Name:Allegheny Serviceberry* Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Flower Fall leaf Height: 20-25  Spread: 15-18'  Habit/Form: Upright  Growth...

• Tulip-tree

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Butterflies, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical name: Liriodendron tulipiferaCommon Name: Tulip-tree Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 70-90'  Spread: 25-30'  Habit/Form: Rounded to oval  Growth rate:...

• Apple Serviceberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Amelanchier x grandifloraCommon Name: Apple Serviceberry Reviewed 2/2012   fall color bark leaves in fall fruit   Height: 20-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Broad, and often...

• Pagoda Dogwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants for Shady Sites, Native Trees, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cornus alternifoliaCommon Name: Pagoda Dogwood Upated 3/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 15-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Oval, most commonly found as...

• New Jersey Tea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Low growing shrubs, native
  Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanusCommon Name: New Jersey Tea Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Ceanothus americanus Ceanothus americanus Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow to medium ...

• Southern Arrowwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Viburnums, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum Common Name: Southern Arrowwood Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves flowers fruits Height: 8-10 (15)' Spread: 6-15' Habit/Form: Rounded to vase shaped with...

• Panicled Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculataCommon Name: Panicled Hydrangea Updated 5/2012 Height: 10-20' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright to spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; prefers moist,...

• Common Witch-Hazel

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Midwest, native, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis virginiana Common Name: Common Witch-hazel Updated 4/2012 Click on a photo to enlarge form fall color flowers Height: 15-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright to rounded Growth Rate:...

• Red-Osier Dogwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cornus sericea ssp. sericeaCommon Name: Red-Osier Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge leaves winter form Height: 7-9' Spread: 8-10' Habit/Form: Broad spreading, rounded, multi-stemmed Growth...

• Black Walnut

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Juglans nigraCommon Name: Black Walnut Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form form fruit leaves bark   Height: 50-70'  Spread: 30-50'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Buttonbush

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cephalanthus occidentalis* Common Name: Buttonbush Updated 2/2012 Click image to enlarge form leaf   fruit trunk Height: 6-12'  Spread: 12-18'  Habit/Form: Upright...

• Summersweet Clethra

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Intermediate Sized, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia Common Name: Summersweet Clethra Updated 3/2012 form flower Fall leaves Click on image to enlarge.Height:  6-8'  Spread:  4-6'  Habit/Form:  Oval to...

• Swamp Milkweed

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata Common Name: Swamp Milkweed Updated 2/2012 flower seeds   Height: 2-5'  Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form:  Upright  Zone:  3-9 Cultural Requirements:  Full sun...

• Common Milkweed

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias syriaca   Common Name: Common Milkweed Updated 2/2012   flower leaf fruit   Height: 3-5'  Spread: varies as plant suckers  Habit/Form:  upright, suckering ...

• Nannyberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Viburnum lentagoCommon Name:  Nannyberry Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form Height:  15-20'  Spread:  10-15'   Habit/Form:  Upright   Growth Rate: ...

• Leadplant

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, native, Low growing shrubs, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Amorpha canescensCommon Name: Leadplant Updated 2/2012 Form Leaf Flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-4'   Spread: 4-5'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 2-6...

• Sweet Birch

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Betula lentaCommon Name: Sweet Birch Updated 2/2012   Fall Form Fall leaf Catkin Height:  50-60'  Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form:  Pyramidal to rounded Growth Rate: Medium   Zone:...

• Butterfly bush

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: shrubs, Intermediate Sized, butterfly, Butterflies
  Botanical Name:  Buddleia davidiiCommon Name: Butterfly Bush Updated 2/2012 'White Profusion' form 'Royal Red' flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 6-8'  Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Upright spreading Growth...

• Butterfly Weed

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa Common Name: Butterfly Weed Updated 2/2012   Click image to enlarge   Habit Flower Height: 1-2' Spread: 1-2'  Habit/Form:  Rounded to slightly...

• New England Aster

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Aster novae-angliaeCommon Name: New England Aster Updated 2/2012   Click image to enlarge Habit Flower Leaf   Height: 3-7' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Upright to irregularly rounded  Zone:...