The Villages is in planting zone 9A.
The Villages is in planting zone 9A.
2026 updated list of butterfly plants for your garden
Nectar Plants - Fred Funk Butterfly Garden
Prepared by Louise K.
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Anise Hyssop
Blazing Star
Bottlebrush
Browne’s Savory (ground cover) Button Sage
Climbing Aster
Coral Honeysuckle
Fetterbush
Firebush
Frostweed Giant
Ironweed Hibiscus
Lantana (native)
Lily of the Nile
Lyreleaf Sage
Milkweed (Aquatic, Swamp, & Tuberosa)
Mayan Spinach Tree
Mexican Flame Vine
Mexican Sunflower
Morning Glory (vine)
Pentas
Porterweed (Blue & Coral)
Red Firespike
Scarlet Hibiscus
Schumann’s Cuphea
Scorpions-tail
Seaside Goldenrod
Simpson’s Stopper
Sparkleberry
Spiderwort
Spotted Beebalm / Dotted Horsemint Snowy Squarestem
Starry Rosinweed
Stokes Aster
Sunshine Mimosa (ground cover)
Sweet Almond (tree)
Sweet Pinter Azalea
Tickseed (Lance-leaved & Leavenworth’s)
Tropical Sage (Pink, Scarlet, & White)
Turkey Tangle Fogfruit (ground cover & host plant)
Twinflower (ground cover)
White Yarrow
Wild Coffee
Yaupon Holly
Zinnia
Prepared by Sue A. - 2026