Fairy Bells – Wood sorrel
Fairy Wand – False unicorn
Fairy Cups – Cowslip
Fairy Lily or Rain Lily – Zephyranthes — is a genus of about 70 species in the Amaryllis family. Common names for species in this genus include fairy lily, rainflower, zephyr lily and rain lily. Probably native to the Americas. In recent years, several species have become naturalized in Hawaii, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Fairy Horse – Ragwort Golden Ragwort all have similar flowers. The basal (lowest) leaves of golden ragwort are heart-shaped. Roundleaf ragwort has egg-shaped basal leaves; balsam ragwort has oblong to lance-shaped basal leaves. A member of the aster family, it loves wet woods, meadows, swamps. Grows to height: 1-3 feet
Elfdock – Elecampane
Fairy Cheese – Mallow
Fairy Tables or Chairs – Toadstools, Mushrooms
Fairy Smoke – Indian pipe
Fairy Caps, Gloves or Fingers – Foxglove
Fairy Candles – Black cohosh
Fairy Bells or Fairy Lanterns – Clintonia
Fairy Duster – Calliandra eriophylla
Fairy Slipper – Calypso bulbosa
Magic Lily – Lycoris squamigera
Other favorites of fairies and butterfly. gardens:
Depending on your zone, some butterfly attracting plants include: purple cone flowers (echinacea purpurea), yellow cone flowers, sunflowers, marigolds, poppies, cosmos, salvias, some lilies, asters, coreopsis, daisies, verbenas, milkweed (especially for the Monarch butterfly, whose caterpillars feed solely on this plant), the butterfly bush (budleia), zinnias, and others. Here are some others:
Black cohosh – Cimicifuga racemosa
Virginia bluebells – Mertensia virginica
Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
Bee balm – Monarda didyma
Wild bergamot – Monarda fistulosa
Great blue lobelia – Lobelia siphilitica
Sweet scented goldenrod – Solidao jejunifolia
Black eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta
Dotted mint – Monarda punctata
Evening primrose – Oenothera biennis
Shooting star – Dodecatheon meadia
Mountain mint – Pycnanthemum virginianum
Pale purple coneflower – Echinacea pallida
Butterflyweed – Asclepias tuberosa
Sweet Joe Pye – Eupatorium purpureum
New Jersey tea – Ceanothus americanus
Purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea and angustifolia
Common milkweed – Asclepias syriaca
Wild lupine – Lupinus perennis
Blue vervain – Verbena hastata
Spiderwort – Tradescantia ohioensis
Blazingstar – Liatris sp
Queen of the prairie – Filipendula rubra
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis
New England aster – Aster novaeangliae
Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
Leadplant – Amorpha canescens
Anise hyssop – Agastache foeniculum
Culver’s root – Veronicastrum virginicum
sources include : Wikipedia, Dictionary of Botanical Names, Google Reader
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