NECTAR PLANTS (butterfly food) Here are some plants to consider for a butterfly nectar garden. The perennials are all Manitoba prairie plants which are now available from the sources listed below. Related horticultural plants could be substituted for most of these species. Look for plants with the same Genus (first name of the two scientific names). ANNUALS / BEDDING PLANTS / PERENNIALS / SHRUBS / SOURCE ANNUALS / BEDDING PLANTS Zinnia Zinnia spp. Nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus Heliotrope Heliotropium arborescens Dianthus Dianthus spp. Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus Petunia Petunia spp. French Marigold Tagetes patula ANNUALS / BEDDING PLANTS / PERENNIALS / SHRUBS / SOURCE PERENNIALS Pink-flowered onion Allium stellatum White prairie-clover Petalostemon candidum Purple prairie-clover Petalostemon purpureus Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata Dwarf milkweed Asclepias ovalifolia Whorled milkweed Asclepias veticillata Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa Yarrow Achillea millefolium Many-flowered aster Aster ericoides Smooth aster Aster laevis Flodman's thistle Cirsium flodmanii Purple coneflower Echinacea augustifolia Smooth fleabane Erigeron glabellus Gaillardia Gaillardia aristata Narrow-leaved sunflower Helianthus maximilianii Rough false sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Meadow blazingstar Liatris ligulistylis Dotted blazingstar Liatris punctata Long-headed coneflower Ratibida columnifera Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Graceful goldenrod Solidago canadensis Stiff goldenrod Solidago rigida ANNUALS / BEDDING PLANTS / PERENNIALS / SHRUBS / SOURCE SHRUBS Lilacs Syringa spp. Tatarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tartarica Red-osier Dogwood Cornus stolonifera Choke Cherry Prunus vigininana Nannyberry Vibernum lentago Crabapples Malus spp. ANNUALS / BEDDING PLANTS / PERENNIALS / SHRUBS / SOURCE SOURCES OF NATIVE PLANTS Living Prairie Museum (seeds only) 2795 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3S4 Phone 832-0167, Fax: 986-4172 Prairie Habitats (seeds) Box 1, Argyle, Manitoba, R0C 0B0, Phone: 467-9371, Fax: 467-5004 Prairie Originals (plants only) Box 83, RR1B, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 4A3 17 Schreyer Crescent, St. Andrews, Manitoba Phone: 338-7517 Portage Wildflowers (seeds and plants) RR4, Box 55, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, R1N 3A4 Phone: (204) 857-8071 The Green Touch (plants and seeds) Box 880, Carberry, Manitoba R0K 0H0 Phone: (204) 834-2261 ANNUALS / BEDDING PLANTS / PERENNIALS / SHRUBS / SOURCE