Attracting Butterflies includes fodder for the larva. With host plants, the adults will lay eggs, increasing the
population.
Butterflies and Hummingbirds are migratory and recognize the plants that should be here, so provide natives as anchor plants!
Perennials for Butterflies
Achillea (Yarrow)
Agastache
Alcea (Hollyhock)
Allium
Arabis (Rock Cress)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Aster
Baptista (False Indigo)
Buddsleia (Butterfly Bush)
Centaurea (Mt Bluet)
Centranthus (Red Valerian)
Chelone
Cimicifuga
Coreopsis
Dianthus
Dictamnus (Gas Plant)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)
Echinops (Thistle)
Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed)
Gallardia
Hemerocallis (Day Lily)
Liatris
Lupine
Malva
Monardo (Bee Balm)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Origanum (Oregano)
Physostegia
Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan)
Salvia (Soapwart)
Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
Sedum
Perennials for Hummingbirds
Alcea (Hollyhock)
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Campanula
Campsis (Trumpet Vine)
Clematis
Delphinium
Dianthus
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Echinops (Thistle)
Hemerocallis (Day Lily)
Heuchera (Coral Bells)
Hibiscus
Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
Lupine
Lychnis (Maltese Cross)
Monardo (Bee Balm)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Papaver (Poppy)
Penstemon
Phlox paniculata
Red Birds in a Tree
Salvia (Soapwart)