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What are plants that attract butterflies that gorw well in florida?

i want to a butterfly garden in a little spot around m,y house but i live in florida and dont know what plants to plant. please help thanks in advanced :)

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1. Verbena bonariensis Buddleja
2. i work at a nursery in pensacola and we sell alot of milkweed. even though i work there i don't know much about plants in that section, but i know we sell alot of milkweed.
3. Butter fly Bush I have one and it a magnet to butterflys
4. Butterfly bushes
5. Butterflies love Pentas, they have lots of small star shaped blooms which also attract hummingbirds and they do well in warm climates such as Florida. Attracting butterflies to your garden in other ways besides blooming plants include adding food sources to your garden for caterpillars. Parsley and Dill are sure to attract plenty, just don't be sad when they devour the plants.
6. You might like this site, browse through it it has the name and pictures of plants for attracting butterflies http://www.floridata.com/lists/butterfly_plants.cfm Native plants are a good choice and you might want to consider researching host plants that they will live on.. http://www.biospherenursery.com/pages/birdsandbutterflies.html Of course if you are looking for one plant the Butterfly bush (Buddleia) is great I have one outside my kitchen window and they will also atract the hummingbirds, and the hummingbird moth.. http://img.search.yahoo.com/search/images?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=Butterfly%20bush