White? Yes, white! Some butterflies tend to drink nectar from white flowers before they land on more colorful flowers. Although those that prefer white tend to be smaller butterflies, larger butterflies are attracted to white flowers too.
Abelia
Anise hyssop
Arabian jasmine
Butterfly bush
Button bush
Cat’s whiskers
Cherry tree
Confederate jasmine
Cosmos
Crepe myrtle
Dotted Horsemint
Duck potato (wetland weed)
Elephant’s foot
Fleabane (weed)
Frogfruit
Golden Dewdrop
Hibiscus
Lantana
Loquat – Japanese Plum
Mexican Petunia
Milkweed
Mint
Morning glory
Pentas
Periwinkle
Petunia
Phlox
Plum tree
Plumbago
Pyracantha
Queen Anne’s Lace
Rice-button aster
Saltbush
Salvia
Saw palmetto
Snow squarestem
Spanish needles (NOT for a garden)
Sparkleberry
Stinging Nettle
Stoke’s aster
Summer farewell
Sweet almond
Thistle
Thyme
Verbena
Water hyssop
Yarrow
Zinnia
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