Charlotte Rhoades Park
PLANT DATABASE
The plants at Charlottes Rhoades Park have been selected to provide food in a butterfly habitat.
They can be identified as Larval Plants or Nectaring Plants. Larval plants are the source of food for butterfly caterpillars. Nectaring plants are the source of food for adult butterflies. This plant database includes trees, shrubs, annual flowering plants, perennial flowering plants and herbs that will invite pollinators, including bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. The plant descriptions and growing culture described relate to a Maine coastal garden, although most of these plants grow in many other parts of the country.
There are several ways to use the database. Browse through the entries below and simply click on an image to learn more. Refine your search with one of the category buttons or use the Search bar to find even more specific entries. Try typing “yellow” and you will see all the yellow plants in the database.
