List Flowers

One of the integral flowers for butterfly garden is none other than the glossy Abelia (Abelia grandiflora). It is a hybrid cultivar, developed by crossing A. uniflora and A. chinensis. Basically a shrub, this flowering plant attracts hummingbirds too. The leaves are deciduous and turn reddish brown in fall. In spring, small, fragrant, tubular shaped flowers of pink and white are borne in clusters.
If you don't have a green thumb, and are looking for low maintenance flowers that attract butterflies, the Asclepias tuberosais an excellent choice. In fact, it is known as butterfly flower and butterfly weed, owing to its attraction to butterflies. Different types of butterflies visit this orange flower, especially the Monarch butterfly, pearl crescent, cabbage white and Eastern tiger swallowtail.
A perennial flowering herb indigenous to North America, bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. You can choose from different bee balm varieties to complement your flower garden. Available in shades of pink, scarlet red and purple, flowers are borne in the tip of long stalks. Apart from regular watering, you can deadhead the spent blooms to extend the flowering period.

Cut Flower Varieties

Daisies are flowers of the family, Compositae, which is now called Asteraceae. Members of the Asteraceae family are perennial flowering plants, native to the regions of north and central Europe. The name daisy originated from 'day's eye' and true to its name, the flower unfolds at dawn. The flowers can be distinguished by their large petals and a large conspicuous center. The blossoms can be white, pink and yellow to bright red and blue. Though a daisy is considered as a single flower, it is actually composed of two flowers. The central part of the flowers consists of short disk florets, while the ray florets that look like petals lie at the periphery. There are several varieties and types of daisies, out of which the most popular daisy flower types are explained below.

Flower Varieties

While planning a garden most of us work on coordinating colors and shades of the flowers. A written rule that needs to be planned while designing a flower garden is that every flower and leaf should complement each other and be harmonious in their essence. A haphazard garden, although it still requires an effort will never bring out the best of your flowers. This is not to say that one should only plan a garden in straight lines or follow a centric pattern. It could be just one grouping or a line, or even flowersplanted in most unusual shapes, anything that takes your fancy. As a garden is an extension of what you are, the colors you grow in them will speak of your wants and desires too.

Asters make for pretty fall flowers. With their varied shapes and vivid colors, these 'stars', as they are known, for their name comes from the Ancient Greek word astron, meaning a star because of their shape, adds that much wanted touch to your garden to beautify them. Hence, it is important one knows what aster flower varieties have to offer, to incorporate poetry in your landscape with some basic aster flower care.