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Perennials That Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds Below is a handy table of perennials that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. To see a complete description for each perennial, simply click its Botanical Name. Botanical Name Common Name Hardiness Zone Attracts Agastache Anise-hyssop 2 B Alcea (especially red) Hollyhock 2 H Allium Flowering Onion 3 B Anaphalis Pearly Everlasting 2 B Aquilegia Columbine 2 H Asclepias Milkweed 4 B Aster (fall types) Fall Aster, Michaelmas Daisy 3 B Buddleia Butterfly Bush 5 B H Caryopteris Bluebeard 5 B Chelone Turtlehead 3 B Coreopsis Tickseed 4 B Echinacea Purple Coneflower 3 B Echinops Globe Thistle 2 B Eupatorium Joe-pye Weed 3 B Hesperis Dame's Rocket 2 B Heuchera (red-flowered) Coral-bells 3 H Kniphofia Red-hot Poker 5 H Liatris Blazing Star 2 B Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 4 H Malva Mallow 3 B Monarda Beebalm 3 B H Physostegia Obedient Plant 2 B Rudbeckia Cone-flower 3 B Scabiosa Pincushion flower 3 B Sedum (taller types) Autumn Stonecrop 2 B Solidago Goldenrod 2 B Annuals Botanical Name   Attracts Ageratum h h B Cleome H Cosmos h h B Fuchsia H Heliotrope B Mimulus h h B Mimulus H Nicotiana h h B H Petunia H Salvia (red) h h H Verbena B Shrubs / Vines Botanical Name Common Name Attracts Campsis (Trumpet Vine) h H Lonicora (Red Honeysuckle) H Weigelia h h H

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