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• Cockspur Hawthorn

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Native Trees
  Botanic Name: Crataegus crus-galliCommon Name: Cockspur hawthorn Click an image to enlarge form flowers bark leaves   Height: 20-30'Spread: 20-35'Form: Broadly roundedRate: Slow to Medium (12 to 18 inches a...

• 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 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fruits Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Oval, multi-trunked tree Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4 to...

• Plants that Attract Butterflies

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: butterfly, Butterflies
  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* Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form     Leaf Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded Growth Rate:...

• Wine and Roses® Weigela

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, birds, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Weigela florida 'Alexandra' Common Name: Wine and Roses® Weigela Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-8Cultural...

• Hackberry

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

• Littleleaf Linden

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata Common Name: Littleleaf Linden 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: M Zone: ...

• Allegheny Serviceberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants for Shady Sites, Butterflies, Native Trees
  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
  Botanic name: Liriodendron tulipiferaCommon Name: Tulip-tree Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 70-90' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Rounded to oval Growth rate: F Zones: 4-9Cultural...

• Apple Serviceberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Plants for Shady Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  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   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 15-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Oval, most commonly found as multi-trunked. Unique...

• New Jersey Tea

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

• Southern Arrowwood Viburnum

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

• Panicle Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculataCommon Name: Panicle Hydrangea Height: 10-20' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright to spreading Growth Rate: Fast (More than 12 inches per year) Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; prefers...

• Common Witch-Hazel

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Midwest, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis virginiana Common Name: Common Witch-Hazel Click on a photo to enlarge form fall color flowers Height: 15-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright to rounded Growth Rate: Medium (6-12 inches per...

• Red-Osier Dogwood

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

• Black Walnut

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees, Butterflies
  Botanic Name: Juglans nigraCommon Name: Black Walnut Click on an image to enlarge form form fruit leaves bark   Height: 50-70'Spread: 30-50'Form: Broadly rounded to ovalRate: Medium (13 to 22...

• 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 Click image to enlarge form leaf   fruit trunk Height: 6-12'Spread: 12-18'Form: Upright archingRate: Medium (6 to 12 inches per...

• Summersweet

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

• Swamp Milkweed

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata Common Name: Swamp Milkweed flower seeds   Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: MonarchNectar Source/Butterflies Attracted: Monarch, Edward's Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak, Acadian...

• Common Milkweed

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias syriaca   Common Name: Common Milkweed   flower leaf seed   Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: MonarchNectar Source/Butterflies Attracted: Monarch, Coral Hairstreak, Striped...

• Nannyberry Viburnum

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanic Name: Viburnum lentagoCommon Name:  Nannyberry Viburnum Click on an image to enlarge form Height:  15-20' Spread:  10-15' Form:  Upright Rate:  Medium (6-12 inches per year)Zone:  3-7...

• Leadplant

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, native, Low growing shrubs, Butterflies
  Common Name:LeadplantBotanical Name: Amorpha canescens Updated 2/2012 Form Leaf Flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-4' Spread: 4-5' Form: Rounded Rate: Medium Zone: 2-6 Cultural comments: Sun; does well in dry...

• Sweet Birch

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Common Name: Sweet BirchBotanical Name: Betula lenta   Fall Form Fall leaf Catkin Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: Tiger Swallowtail, Mourning Cloak, Compton Tortoiseshell Nectar Source/Butterflies Attracted:...

• Butterfly bush

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, butterfly, Intermediate Sized, shrubs
  Common Name:  Butterfly bushBontanic Name:  Buddleja davidii 'White Profusion' form 'Royal Red' flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 6-8'Spread: 5-8' Form: Upright Spreading Rate: Fast (more than 12 inches...

• Butterfly Weed

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Common Name: Butterfly WeedBotanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa    Click image to enlarge   Habit Flower Flower Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: Monarch Nectar Source/Butterflies Attracted: Monarch, Coral...

• New England Aster

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies
  Common Name: New England Aster Botanical Name: Aster novae-angliae   Click image to enlarge Habit Flower Leaf   Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: Pearl Crescent, Silvery CheckerspotNectar Source/Butterflies...