Garden Design 25: Flight of Fancy | Vite Greenhouses
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June 9, 2026

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Flight of Fancy
AN INVITATION FOR WINGED VISITORS
Draw hummingbirds and butterflies into your landscape with a garden full of their favorite plants and flowers. Ideally, this garden should be situated in proximity to a surfaced area with a bench on it, so that individuals can sit near the garden quitely, to view the hummingbirds and butterflies without discouraging them from visiting the flowers they like best. Your garden can be located in a private part of the landscape or, in smaller areas, can be adapted to a site next to a patio or deck. Several Buddleias, or Butterfly Bushes, have been included to ensure the visitation of butterflies. Hummingbirds are charmed by a range of flowers and colors but are especially attracted to cupped or trumpet-shaped flowers, whether large or small. Increase the number of these creatures in your garden by including a few large, dense shrubs nearby for hummingbird nesting-it's the perfect invitation for them to stay a while.


a. Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Height 30-36", Spacing 12-18".
h. Delphinium 'Blue Butterfly'
Height 24", Spacing 12-18".
b. Aquilegia 'McKana Giants'
Height 18-24", Spacing 12-18".
i. Echinacea 'Magnus'
Height 36", Spacing 15-18".
c. Buddleia 'Harlequin'
Height 6-8', Spacing 4-5'.
j. Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'
Height 36", Spacing 18-24".
d. Buddleia 'Royal Red'
Height 8-9', Spacing 6-8'.
k. Penstemon 'Nana Rondo'
Height 15-18", Spacing 12-15".
e. Campanula 'Bavarian Blue'
Height 4-10", Spacing 8-12".
l. Sedum 'Vera Jameson'
Height 9-12", Spacing 12-15".
f. Caryopteris 'Petit Blue'
Height 24-36", Spacing 36-48".
m. Veronica 'Alba'
Height 8", Spacing 10-15".
g. Coreopsis 'Sunray'
Height 24", Spacing 18-24".
n. Veronica 'Goodness Grows'
Height 10-12", Spacing 12-18".
This garden includes 64 plants of 14 cultivars. Substitutions of similar plants may be made if some varieties are not available.
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helpful hints
  • Asclepias or Butterfly Weed is the host plant for monarch butterflies. If it grows native in your area, allow it to naturalize.
  • Spring-flowering shrubs such as Azaleas and Rhododendrons attract hummingbirds to your garden early in the season.
  • Plant Flight of Fancy near a wild area or nearby a collection of shrubs and trees so hummingbirds have a place to take shelter.
  • A mixture of sun and shade plantings is the ideal habitat for hummingbirds and butterflies.
Credits: Etera Perennial Guide, Vol. 1, 1999

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