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 |
|
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” |