The following plants can be seen in the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory butterfly garden:

Shrubs and Trees:

Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
Bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica)
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia sp.)
Fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii )
Inkberry Holly (Ilex glaubra)
Shadbush or Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Sweet Pepper Bush or Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia)
Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) 

Perennial Flowers:

Bee-balm (Monarda sp.)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia sp.)
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia grandiflora)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Gayfeather (Liatris)
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium sp.)
Lavender
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum)
New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
Pineleaf Penstemon (Penstemon pinifolius)
Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa)
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
Sedum
Thread-leaf coreopsis
Violet (Viola sp.)
White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum)
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Annual Flowers:

Ageratum
Cosmos
Helianthus sunflower
Lantana
Marigold
Parsley
Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)
Petunia
Snapdragons
Sunflower
Zinnias

Vines:

Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

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