Butterfly Friendly Plants

Knapp Nursery has a wide variety of plants that draw butterflies. Click on the Botanical links below to learn more about the butterfly friendly plants we have to offer. 

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Flowers attract Butterflies 

Common Name

Hibiscus

Sea Thrift

Milk Weed

Pink umbels attract Butterflies

Host plant for many Butterflies

Butterflies come to the blooms

Main nectar source for many Butterflies. Blooms bring multitudes of Butterflies. 

Monarch larva host plant

Flower stalks attract Butterflies

De la Mina

Mexian Marigold

Autumn Joy

Sage

Sweet Pea Shrub

Russian Sage

Passion Vine

Melaleuca

Lavender

Lantana

Hebe

Starflower

Wild Lilac 

Bush Anemone

Butterfly Bush

Hibiscus

Umbels of red attract Butterflies

Butterflies are drawn to the flat surface of the bloom

All types attract Butterflies

Year round flowers attract Butterflies

Lavender spikes attract Butterflies

Host plant for the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Flowers attract Butterflies

Many types, all Butterfly favorites

Butterflies are drawn to the flat surface of the bloom

Flowers attract Butterflies, host plant for the Common Hairstreak Butterfly 

Purple flower stalks attract Butterflies

Lavender blooms attract Butterflies

Golden Curant

Flowers attract butterflies 

Island tree mallow

Flowers attract butterflies

Bladderpod

Flowers attract Butterflies

Buckwheat

Flowers attract Butterflies. Important factor in their migration process