Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Which nectar/host plants are great disappointments to you??, 2 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I\'ve been reading up on this and was pleased to find that some of the stuff I grow is recommended. Borage, verbena bonariensis, eupatorium and boneset. I think feverfew was also recommended.

Try borage. I grow the blue and white from seed. I just read that it attracts more insects than any other plant! I don\'t know if that\'s true but it\'s pretty, the flowers are edible, it comes back by itself and is easy to remove.

White on the left, blue on the right.

Blue in closeup.

I tried milkweed, but the milkweed beetle grossed me out.

The other butterfly magnets in my garden are verbena bonariensis and eupatorium. If the traditional eupatorium is too big, the much smaller white flowered boneset works too!