Lavatera trimestris is an upright annual that grows in a shrubby tall form. It is planted as an annual in Maine, and it has large, saucer shaped white to pink flowers in midsummer. Rounded medium green leaves have heart-shaped bases and 3-7 shallow lobes. It is a good cut flower.

Echinacea is a beautiful and tough native plant grown that is grown medicinally to boost the immune system. 'Bravado' is a cultivar that has 4 to 5 in. wide flowers that have light to rose-pink, horizontal petals and an orange cone. It is highly attractive to butterflies and other insect pollinators. If the flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds. Deer tolerant.

Pink panther is a first-year flowering plant that really puts on a show. Uniform and upright, this foxglove produces multiple spikes of vibrant, bell-shaped, magenta flowers with speckled rose-pink throats rising above a compact mound of dense green foliage on sturdy stems. The sterile flowers are long lasting and make

Although Foxglove is considered a biennial plant, blooming in its second year, “Camelot” is planted as an annual because it is one of a few foxglove cultivars that will reliably bloom in its first year. Digitalis is a medicinal plant containing a heart stimulant, but all plant parts are toxic to humans, cattle and horses. Deer and rabbit resistant.

The Sonata series of Cosmos are dwarf plants about half the size of the regular species. Each plant has multitudes of blossoms and will keep going strong with continuous deadheading and repeat light applications of fertilizer.

This tall variety of Cosmos in colors of white and shades of pink blooms best when the day length is 14 hours or less, which means that is a colorful nectaring plant for bees and butterflies into the fall.

A pretty summer perennial that has lavender to rosy pink blooms. Attracts bees and butterflies as a nectaring plant.

This is an extremely fragrant azalea variety with silvery-pink flowers and mildew resistant deciduous foliage. The green leaves take on orange-red tones in autumn.

Common Milkweed leaves, blossoms, and seed pods are eaten by the Monarch caterpillar, however, many species of butterflies nectar on the flowers of this native plant. The plant's latex contains glycosides, making it toxic to animals. It is an aggressive rhizomatous spreader and best planted in a field and not in a flower border.

The leaves, blossoms and seed pods are larval food for the Monarch caterpillar. Many butterfly species nectar on the blooms of this native plant. Latex produced by the plant contains glycosides making the plant toxic to animals.

Broad flat clusters of flat headed flowers are on upright stems with aromatic, finely cut, fern-like leaves that attract butterflies. Profuse bloomer. Drought tolerant, heat tolerant, and low maintenance.