Is your garden ready for MONARCH MIGRATION? Check out the BugLady's list of available nectar and caterpillar host plants for May!
Plants available May 2020
Barber Laboratories
504-739-5715
6444 Jefferson Highway in Harahan
(Social distancing outside in backyard)
Monday thru Friday 9:30-5:00
Butterfly Nectar Plants |
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| Item | Size |
| Bee Balm - white (Monarda) | 4" |
| Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) | 4" |
| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) | 1 gallon & 3 gallon |
| Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) | 4" |
| Clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis) | 4" pot & 6" round |
| Crabapple tree (Malus) | 3 gallon |
| Eupitorium odoratum | 1 gallon |
| Garden Phlox (Phlox panicullata) Robert Poore | 6" round |
| Gulf Coast Penstemon (Penstemon tenuis) | 4" |
| Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) | 6" round |
| Ironweed (Vernonia) | 6" round |
| Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) | 4" |
| Lemon Bee Balm (Monarda citriodora) | 4" |
| Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus) | 4" |
| Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) | 4" |
| Mountain mint: Slender (Pynanthemum tenuifolium) | Quart |
| Mountain Mint - Slender (Pynanthemum tenuifolium) | 1 gallon |
| Mountain Mint - Big Leaf (Pynanthemum muticum) | 6" round |
| Penstemon: White Wand (Penstemon tubaeflorus) | 4" |
| Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirins) | 4" |
| September Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) | 4”, 6" & 1 gallon |
| September Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolia) | 4 “, 6" & 1 gallon |
| Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) | 4" |
| Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) | 6" & 1 gallon & 3 gallon |
Caterpillar Host Plants |
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| Item | Size |
| Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora) (for Spicebush Swallowtails) | 1 gallon |
| Cassia - "Candelabra" (Cassia alata) (for Sulphur butterflies) | 6" |
| Cassia - "Partridge Pea" (Cassia fasciculata) (for Sulphur butterflies) | 4" |
| Dill (for Black Swallowtail) | 4" |
| Fennel - green or bronze (for Black Swallowtail) | 4" |
| Hop Tree also called Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata) (for Giant Swallowtail) | 3 gallon |
| Lead Plant (Amorpha fruticosa)(for Silver Spotted Skipper & Dogface Sulphur) | 4" |
| Milkweed: Aquatic- white flower (Asclepias perennis) (for Monarch) | 4" |
| Parsley - curled or straight leaf (for Black Swallowtail) | 4" |
| Passion Flower Vine (Passiflora incarnata) (for Gulf Fritillary) | 1 gallon |
| Senna - (Senna corymbosa) (for Sulphur butterflies) | 4” |