The Naturium® Garden is our unique and beautiful area, dedicated to the conservation of butterflies and hummingbirds.
We hope you’ll be inspired to create your own butterfly garden by selecting some of the same plants we have growing on display in the Naturium garden. All of the plants in the garden are numbered and their matching number appears in the garden centre, making it easy for you to create your own garden at home.
Here’s a list of just some of them. Come out and see how beautiful they all are.
Greenway Plant #
P = Perennial
A = Annual |
Latin Name |
Common Name |
Host (H) or Nectar (N) Plant |
| P1 |
Achillea |
Yarrow |
N |
| P2 |
Agastache |
Mexican Mint |
N |
| P3 |
Alchemilla |
Lady’s Mantle |
N |
| P4 |
Aquilegia |
Columbine |
H - Spring Azure, Dusky Wing |
| P5 |
Armeria |
Sea Thrift |
N |
| P6 |
Asclepias incarnate |
Swamp Milkweed |
H – Monarch
N |
| P7 |
Asclepias Tuberosa |
Butterfly Flower |
H – Monarch
N |
| P8 |
Aster |
Hardy Aster |
H – Checkerspots, Crescents |
| P9 |
Baptisia |
False Indigo |
H - Sulphurs, Elfins, Skippers |
| P10 |
Buddleia |
Butterfly Bush |
N |
| P11 |
Centranthus |
Jupiter’s Beard |
N |
| P12 |
Chelone |
Turtlehead |
H -Baltimore |
| P13 |
Coreopsis |
Tickseed |
N |
| P14 |
Dendranthemum |
Hardy Mum |
N |
| P15 |
Dianthus |
Pinks |
N |
| P16 |
Echinacea |
Coneflower |
N |
| P17 |
Eriophyllum |
Wooly Sunflower |
N |
| P18 |
Eupatorium |
Joe-Pye-Weed |
N |
| P19 |
Heliopsis |
False Sunflower |
N |
| P20 |
Knautia |
Crimson Scabious |
N |
| P21 |
Lavandula |
English Lavender |
N |
| P22 |
Leucanthemum |
Shasta Daisy |
N |
| P23 |
Lobelia |
Cardinal Flower |
N |
| P24 |
Lychnis |
Maltese Cross |
N |
| P25 |
Monarda |
Bee Balm |
N |
| P26 |
Perovskia |
Russian Sage |
N |
| P27 |
Phlox |
Phlox |
N |
| P28 |
Rudbeckia |
Black-Eyed Susan |
N |
| P29 |
Salvia |
Meadow Sage |
H - Painted Lady, Gray Hairstreak |
| P30 |
Scabiosa |
Pincushion Flower |
N |
| P31 |
Sedum |
Stonecrop |
H - Variegated Fritillary, Elfin, Hairstreaks |
| P32 |
Stachys |
Lamb’s Ear |
N |
| P33 |
Stachys |
Big Betony |
N |
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| A1 |
Abutilon |
Flowering Maple |
N |
| A2 |
Anethum |
Dill |
H - Black Swallowtail |
| A3 |
Asclepias |
Scarlet Milkweed |
H – Monarch, Gray Hairstreak
N |
| A4 |
Brugmansia |
Angel’s Trumpet |
N |
| A5 |
Cleome |
Spider Flower |
H - Cabbage White |
| A6 |
Cosmos |
Cosmos |
N |
| A7 |
Foeniculum |
Fennel |
H - Black Swallowtail |
| A8 |
Helichrysum |
Licorice Plant |
H - Painted Lady |
| A9 |
Lantana |
Lantana |
H - Painted Lady, Gray Hairstreak |
| A10 |
Pentas |
Star Flower |
N |
| A11 |
Petroselinum |
Parsley |
H - Black Swallowtail |
| A12 |
Petunia |
Petunia |
H - Painted Lady |
| A13 |
Ruta |
Rue |
H – Black/Giant Swallowtail |
| A14 |
Verbena bonariensis |
Vervain |
N |
| A15 |
Verbena |
Verbena |
N |
| A16 |
Zinnia |
Zinnia |
N |
