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Top native bluets

13 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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13 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 3 Dappled shade 2 Full shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 2 Well drained 2 Moist 2

Soil

Rocky 2 Sand 2 Loam 2 Organic 2

Soil pH

Acid 3 Neutral 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Fire 1 Rabbits 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 2 Erect 2 Multi stemmed 2

Plant type

Wildflower 12 Annual 5 Perennial 5 Herbaceous perennial 2
  • Summer Bluet Houstonia purpurea hosts 1 flowers 43
  • Azure Bluet Houstonia caerulea flowers 51
  • Long-leaved Bluets Houstonia longifolia flowers 24
  • Roundleaf Bluet Houstonia procumbens flowers 4
  • Tiny Bluet Houstonia pusilla
  • Thyme-leaved Bluet Houstonia serpyllifolia
  • Southern Bluet Houstonia micrantha
  • Rose Bluet Houstonia rosea
  • Canadian Summer Bluet Houstonia canadensis
  • Red Bluet Houstonia rubra
  • Roan Mountain Bluet Houstonia montana
  • Greenman's Bluet Houstonia parviflora
  • Nodding Bluet Houstonia subviscosa

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