Violets attract the Great Spangled Fritillary to lay eggs and this type of butterfly later feeds on milkweed, Consider growing violets early in the season.
Some of the butterflies attracted to the milkweed nectar are Monarchs, Mourning Cloak, Tiger Swallowtail, and Viceroy.
Usually sporting small, highly fragrant purple flowers, the milkweed is worth planting in your butterfly garden.
Milkweed is a perennial plant that, while not especially pretty, does attract most all butterflies.
The Monarch lays eggs as well as feeds off the nectar of milkweed.
