Guide to Plants of the Conservatory
Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is home to a vast collection of over 100 species of exotic plants. The horticulture team strives to provide a wide variety of flowering plants that provide both nectar and pollen as natural food sources for the live free flying tropical butterflies. The collection also includes attractive foliage plants which offer night time roosting habitat for the butterflies. Check out our Butterfly Gardening Brochure for tips and tricks on how to create the perfect butterfly habitat in your own back yard!
Have a Gardening Question?
Search by Name
Search by common name, genus or species:
A
- Acalypha hispida
- Aglaonema commutatum‘Creta’
- Aglaonema commutatum‘Silver Queen’
- Alii Fig
- Allamanda cathartica
- Alocasia amazonica
- Alocasia odora
- Alpinia purpurata
- Alpinia purpurata‘Pink’
- Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’
- Amazon Cucumber
- Amazon Mask
- Angel Wing Begonia
- Anthurium andreanum
- Arabian Jasmine
- Araucaria heterophylla
- Areca Palm
- Asclepias curassavica
- Asplenium nidus
- Averrhoa carambola
B
- Balfour Aralia
- Bambusa multiplex ‘Golden Goddess
- Bat-Leaved Passion Vine
- Begonia semperflorens ‘Angel Wing’
- Begonia semperflorens ‘Dragon Wing’
- Bird of Paradise
- Bird’s Nest Fern
- Black Olive
- Blue Crisp Fern
- Boston Fern
- Bougainvillea spectabilis ‘Pink’
- Brassaia actinophylla
- Bucida buceras
- Buddhist Pine
- Burgundy Rubber Tree
- Burmese Fish Tail Palm
C
- Calathea roseopicta
- Canna indica‘Indian Rocket’ or ‘Tropicana’
- Canna Lily
- Caryota mitis
- Chenille Plant
- Chicken Gizzard
- Chinese evergreen ‘Silver Queen’
- Chinese evergreen ‘Creta’
- Chinese Hibiscus
- Chinese Hibiscus ‘Snow Queen’
- Christmas Palm
- Chrysolidocarpus lutescens
- Citrus limon ‘Eureka’
- Citrus sinensis ‘Navel’
- Citrus x paradisi
- Clerodendrum thomsoniae
- Clerodendrum thomsoniae‘Delectum’
- Codiaeum phebalioides
- Codiaeum variegatum
- Codiaeum variegatum ‘Gold Dust’
- Coleus
- Colocasia esculenta
- Colocasia esculenta‘Fontanesii’
- Cordyline fruiticosa
- Cork-Barked Passion Vine
- Corn Palm
- Crassula ovata
- Creeping Fig
- Crossandra infundibuliformis
- Croton
D
- Dracaena fragrans
- Dracaena fragrans ‘Lemon Lime’
- Dracaena marginata
- Dracaena marginata‘Tricolour’
- Dracaena reflexa
- Dragon Wing Begonia
- Dragon Tree
- Dumb Cane
- Duranta erecta
E
- Egyptian Star Cluster
- English Ivy
- Epipremnum aureum
- Epipremnum pinnatum ‘Neon’
- Euphorbia pulcherrima ‘Alba’
F
- Ficus benjamina‘Alba’
- Ficus elastica
- Ficus elastica‘Burgundy’
- Ficus lyrata
- Ficus maclellandii ‘Alili’
- Ficus pumila
- Ficus religiosa
- Ficus sumatrana
- Fiddle Leaf Fig
- Fire Bush
- Firecracker Flower
- Flame of the Woods
- Flamingo Flower
G
H
- Hamelia patens
- Hawaiian Schefflera
- Heliconia psittacorum
- Hedera helix
- Heliotrope
- Heliotropium arborescens
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Snow Queen’
- Howea foresteriana
I
J
K
L
- Lady Palm
- Lakeview Jasmine
- Lantana camara‘Citrus Blend’
- Lantana camara‘Confetti’
- Leadwort
- Lemon Lime Corn Palm
- Lemon Tree
- Lobster Claw
M
- Madagascar Jasmine
- Mandevilla boliviensis
- Michelia alba
- Monstera deliciosa
- Moonflower
- Money Tree
- Murraya paniculata
N
- Narrow-leaved Croton
- Navel Orange Tree
- Neon Pothos
- Nephrolepis exaltata‘Bostoniensis’
- Nephrolepis obliterata‘Kimberly Queen’
- Nerium oleander
- Norfolk Island Pine
O
P
- Pachira aquatica
- Paper Flower
- Passiflora biflora
- Passiflora coreacea
- Passiflora suberosa
- Peace Lily ‘Sensation’
- Peace Lily ‘Supreme’
- Peacock Plant
- Penta lanceolata
- Persian Shield
- Petrea volubilis
- Philodendron selloum ‘Hope’
- Philodendron ‘Talamancea’
- Philodendron ‘Moonlight’
- Philodendron x hybrida ‘Imperial Red’
- Philodendron x hybrida‘Moonlight’
- Phoenix roebelenii
- Pink Cone
- Pink Ginger
- Pink Trumpet Tree
- Plumbago auriculata
- Plumeria rubra
- Podocarpus macrophyllus
- Polypodium aureum
- Polyscias balfouriana
- Psiguria umbrosa
- Purple Wreath
- Pygmy Date Palm
R
S
- Sacred Fig
- Sansevieria trifasciata‘Laurentii’
- Schefflera arboricola
- Shamrock Plant
- Shell Flower
- Shrimp Plant
- Sky Flower
- Snake Plant
- Solenostemon scutellaroides
- Spathiphyllum‘Sensation’
- Spathiphyllum‘Supreme’
- Spicy Jatropha
- Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
- Stachytarpheta sanguinea
- Stachytarpheta urticifolia
- Starfruit
- Stephanotis floribunda
- Strangler Fig
- Strelitzia nicholai
- Streptocarpella saxorum
- Strobilanthus dyerianus
- Sweet Potato Vine
- Swiss Cheese Plant
T
- Tabebuia rosea
- Taro
- Tetrastigma voinierianum
- Ti Plant
- Tree Philodendron
- Tricolour Dragon Tree
- Tropical Milkweed
- Turnera ulmifolia
- Two-Flowered Passion Vine
