Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: What's a good NECTAR plant for butterflies in your yard?, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Judy~ Your so right about the number of species that nectar on Milkweed.. This pic (below) is a common occurance these days.
Huisache Daisies
Veronica
Loosestrife
Agastache
Yarrow
Hardy Hibiiscus
Dito all of Donna's list, LOL (...saved me a lot of typing)

Donna~ You named a very good portion of what I would say are excellent nectar sources. I have nearly all of those because of hanging around here in DG,haha. Thanks for suggesting the Cuphea last year..The hummies here pour over the little cigars many times a day, alternating with the B&B Salvia, several Salvia gregii's, Zinnias, 4'Oclocks, Chaste Tree (Vitex), and Cardinal Flowers. I bought some Crocosmia bulbs at the 99cent store early this year, and they have been a wonderful flower for the hummer too.. The cultivar is Emberglow.

Brugmansias are also a fav of mine... I added a few more this year, and will report back what happens when they bloom, and which critters are capable of getting to the nectar deep inside. Some black caterpillars (with a white spirical stripe) have been munching on some of the leaves...

Another fairly deep one Nicotianna sylvestri (Flowering tobacco), has just begun blooming in places where I didn't plant it, lol. go fig~ I think all the flood rains had a lot to do with that. Still glad I came out with some good sized plants.

Joe Pye already mentioned along with Echinacea, (~right Bjacks~) also gets several species at a time, much like the Cinderella MW here> ~