The Butterfly Garden is directly adjacent to The Pavilion on the western side. This garden is one of the larger themed spaces within The Discovery Garden and it is split into several sections, each maintained by different MG Volunteers. The Butterfly Garden had its inception in 2001 by Chairperson Philece Humphrey, LaVerne Bailey, Patti Kowalski, Marianne Major, Barbara MacPherson, Kathy Brown, and Elaine Moriarty.

This garden is filled with vibrant colors and scented blooms that are meant to attract butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinators, and other beneficial insects. Stroll through the scented honeysuckle arch and view the different plantings of lilies, bachelor’s button, snapdragon, petunias, spirea, rudbeckia, succulents, blanket flower, columbine, butterfly bush, lilies, and asters. May through August is the most delightful time to visit the garden when all the flowers are at their stunning best.

Metal Artwork

Whimsical metal sculptures, crafted and donated by Bill Townsend, gambol between the flowers.

Butterfly Garden Spaces

Entrance Archway

Enter The Butterfly Garden through the fragrant honeysuckle archway and enter a world of colors and textures.

Plant List

Scientific Name	Common Name
Centaurea montana	Batchelors Button
Dianthus	Cheddar Pinks
Dianthus spp	Carnations
Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’	Foxglove
Echinacea Purpurea	Purple Coneflower
Hemerocallis spp.	Daylily
Leycesteria formosa	Himalayan Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica	Japanese Honeysuckle
Mondarda spp.	Bee Balm
Phlox paniculata	Summer Phlox
Rudbeckia	Black-eyed Susan
Sedum	Sedum
	Compact Asters
Note: QR code labels accessible in this bed

Picnic Table Area

Sit within an exuberant garden bed of penstemon, snapdragons, and flowers of all shapes and sizes

Plant List

Scientific Name	Common Name	Oregon Native?
Aquilegia	Columbine	Yes
Deutzia gracvilis	Deutzia ‘Nikko’	No
Erythronium americanum	Yellow Trout Lily	Yes
Iris x germanica	Tall Bearded Iris	No
Lagerstroemia indica	Crape Myrtle	No
Thymus longicaulis	Turbo Thyme	No
Filipendula	Queen of the Prairie	No
Symphyotrichum ericoides	Heath Aster	No
Cotinus coggygria	Smoke Tree	No
Stachys macrantha	Stachys ‘Superba’	No
Asclepsias tuberosa	Butterfly milkweed	No
Lilium auratum	Asiatic Lily	No
Alcea	Alcea Hollyhock	No
Iberis sempivirens	Candytuft	No
Syringa pubescens	Dwarf Lilac ‘Miss Kim’	No
Fuchsia magellanica	Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’	No
Echinacea	Purple Coneflower	No
Anthyllis vulneraria	Kidney Vetch	No
Pieris japonica	Pieris	No
Geum	Avens ‘Alabama Slammer’	No
Geum chiloense	Avens ‘Lady Strathedon’	No
Geum	Avens ‘Totally Tangerine’	No
Monarda	Bee Balm’Cherry Pops’	No
Origanium laevigatum	Ornamental Oregano ‘Herrenhausen’	No
Alium senescens	Ornamental Onion ‘Blue Twister’	No
Aster x frikartii	Aster ‘Monch’	No
Aster dumosum	Aster ‘Woods Pink’	No
Buddleia	Butterfly Bush ‘Buzz Velvet’	No
Callicarpa americana	American Beautyberry	Yes
Penstemom heterophyllus	Penstemom ‘Electric Blue’	No
Verbena x hybrida	Garden Verbena	No
Clethra ainifolia	Clethra ‘Rosea’	No
Lonicera	Honeysuckle	No
Leucanthemum x Superbum	Shasta Daisy	No
Salvia greggii	Salvia ‘Heatwave Blaze’	No
Salvia greggii	Salvia ‘Heatwave Glitter’	No
Centranthus ruber	Red Valerian ‘Jupiter’s Beard’	Yes
Aruncus diocius	Goat’s Beard	No
Lychnis coronaria	Rose Campion	No
Iris louisiana	Louisiana Iris	No

Butterfly Walk

Stroll through the stone walking path, under the shade of a smokebush and crepe myrtle.

Plant List

Scientific Name	Common Name
Rudbeckia hirta	Black Eyed Susan ‘Cherokee Sunset’
Lagerstroemia	Crepe Myrtle ‘Pink’

Gravel Garden

The Gravel Garden was created in 2014 and features low-growing, drought tolerant plants with small flowers that attract lots of species of butterflies and moths.

Plant List

Scientific Name	Common Name
Liriope muscari	Lilyturf/Monkey Grass
Sedum rupestre	Stonecrop ‘Angelina’
Verbena hybrida	Garden Verbena

Butterfly Bench

Perhaps one of the most photographed spots in The Discovery Garden, this area features a yellow bench in the shape of a butterfly.

Milkweed Bed

As you walk along through the butterfly garden, you’ll notice the long bed featuring milkweed and other Oregon Native Plants. Although Monarch butterflies are not frequent visitors to Douglas County, this bed is specifically planted with native plants known to attract a variety of local butterflies, nectar-feeding moths, bumblebees, and other pollinator insects.

Plant List

Scientific Name	Common Name	Oregon Native
Achillea millefolium	Common Yarrow	Yes
Achillea millefolium ‘Cerise Queen’	Yarrow ‘Cerise Queen’	No
Achillea millefolium ‘Moonlight’	Yarrow ‘Moonlight’	No
Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’	Yarrow ‘Paprika’	No
Anaphalis margaritacea	Pearly Everlasting	Yes
Aquilegia canadenis	Western Columbine	Yes
Asclepias speciosa	Showy Milkweed	Yes
Borago officinalis	Borage	No
Buddleja sterile cultivar	Butterfly Bush ‘Purple Haze’	No
Carex tumulicola	Foothill Sedge	Yes
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus	Blue Blossom Ceanothus	Yes
Centranthus ruber	Jupiter’s Beard	No
Digitalis purpurea	Common Foxglove	No
Eriophyllum lanatum	Oregon Sunshine-Wooly Sunflower	Yes
Erythranthe cardinalis Douglas ex Benth. Spach	Cardinal Monkeyflower	Yes
Gaillardia aristata	Blanket Flower	Yes
Holodiscus discolor	Oceanspray	Yes
Iris tenax	Oregon Iris	Yes
Koeleria macrantha	Prairie June Grass	Yes
Lobularia maritima	Sweet Alyssum	No
Ribes sanguineum	Red-Flowering Currant	Yes
Salvia microphylla	Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ cultivar	No
Hylotelephium specatabilis	Stonecrop ‘Autumn Joy’	No
Sidalcea cusickii	Cusick’s Checkermallow	Yes
Sisyrinchium californicum	Golden-Eyed Grass	Yes
Solidago canadensis	Goldenrod	Yes
Symphyotrichum subspicatum	Douglas Aster	Yes
Tellima grandiflora	Fringecup	Yes
Valeriana officinalis	Valerian “All-heal”	No

Log House

Western Front

At the most western edge of The Butterfly Garden, plants that thrive in sunny conditions are used. Fall Asters fill the reused fiberglass tubes, and Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Joy’ creates a border between The Butterfly Garden and The Xeriscape Garden. MG Volunteer Fred Alley maintains this space along with the lawn that borders this area to the south.

Scientific Name	Common Name
Hylotelephium spectabile	Stonecrop ‘Autumn Joy’
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England Fall Asters