If anyone has a butterfly plant, e.g., lantana, firebush, milkweed, jatropha, firespike, etc., they would like to donate, the garden committee will be accepting plant donations at the picnic.  Most flowering plants that can take full sun will be Greyt!

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Greyt Garden Plant List - Mostly Common Names
 
(The following is just a partial list; too many to list them all)
 
Butterfly Plants for Butterfly Garden in Center Berm
(Trees are not included in this list except for citrus)
 
Host Plants - dill, parsley, wild carrot,(Daucus carota)chervil, fennel, watercress, all species of cassia, passionflower (NOT RED-caterpillars cannot digest red passionvine or passion fruit), Maypop((passiflora incarnata), various native and other passion vines, Dutchman's pipe(Aristolochia sp.), other pipe vines,  nasturtiums, coontie(Zamia pumila), milkweeds(Asclepsia sp.), butterfly weed,(Asclepsia tuberosa) green shrimp plant(Blechum brownie), violets, frog fruit((Phyla  nodiflora), false indigo(Amorpha  fruiticosa), wax myrtle, citrus-orange, lemon, and grapefruit
 
Nectar Plants - firebush,  lantana, Florida or blue sage, porterweed, pentas, butterfly bush(Buddleia davidii), fire spike, golden dewdrop, blanket flower. Joe-pye weed, Mexican sage, tropical sage, Stokes aster, Yaupon holly, Mexican heather, firecracker plant, purple coneflower(Echinacea pupurea), verbena, sunflower, bee balm, society garlic, yellow elder, beach buttercup, beauty berry, citrus, yarrow, coral vine, golden rod, etc.
 
 Plants under/around/behind the big oak tree - azaleas, thryallis, golden dewdrop, coontie, Walter's Viburnum, Simpson's stopper, firebush, yaupon holly, Indian hawthorn
 
Plants as a screen for the dog kennels - Southern red cedars, firebush, wax myrtles, eugenias, fountain grasses, muhly grasses, Fakahatchee grasses, most grasses w/o sharp edges (no  Pampas grass!)
 
Plants for Shade Garden - ferns, bromeliads, coleus, caladiums, gingers, Ti plants or purple dracaenas, groundcovers like ivy, mondo grass, liriope, anything that likes shade.
 
Plants along right side of dog kennel; along the path leading to the back toward the Greyt garden -  whatever........looks pretty shady most of the time, but it's a nature path so anything goes!
 
PLEASE DO NOT USE CYPRESS OR RED MULCH EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE CHEAPEST.....MELALEUCA, EUCALYPTUS, PINE STRAW, OAK LEAVES, ARE MUCH BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.