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Message: [QUOTE="Nicolas, post: 215891, member: 12976"] Amen! I tried Eupatorium cannabinum here in Nottinghamshire this Summer and it was a huge success with the butterflies. Not smothered with them in large numbers like some plants, but great in terms of species diversity. It attracted Small Coppers, Common Blues and Green-veined Whites to the garden for the first time and got the many Holly Blues I always get (due to the Hedera helix) to regularly come down and feed, which is lovely as they are usually a high-flying species and therefore can't really be appreciated! So far I'm up to 17 species of butterfly in total, which I think is rather good for a small suburban garden! :) Although non-native, hardy salvias might be an idea as they are floriferous, great for bees and moths and will produce more flushes of flowers with a well-timed trim! I had a visit from a Hummingbird Hawkmoth on my S. 'Icing Sugar' which was pretty magical and also another species which I'm struggling to identify visit the same plant and another two cultivars. [/QUOTE]