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This is Liatris spicata, also known as Gayfeather, Blazing Star, Button Snakeroot, and Marsh Blazing Star. This native North American plant is perfectly suited for our native butterflies. When this plant is in full blossom it will be the most spectacular plant in your garden. It is breath taking when it is in all of its glory. This perennial nectar plant is a huge hit with the bees, birds, and butterflies, and the hummingbirds especially like this plant. It can grow to as high as 4 feet and likes the full sun but can tolerate partial shade. The butterflies like it best when it is in the sun. The tubers of this plant are edible, but only the part of tuber that grew during the last year is tender enough to eat. You can harvest one year old plants and eat the entire tuber from these plants. It is like blazing star veal. Liatris spicata is the larval host plant for the Painted Lady and Silvery Checkerspot butterflies. The butterflies that like to nectar on this plant are the Common Buckeye, Gulf Fritillary, Silver-Spotted Skipper, and Monarch. This gorgeous plant blooms from the middle of the Summer until the early Fall. USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 10

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This is Stylophorum diphyllum, also known as Celandine Poppy, poppywort, and Woodland Poppy. This plant likes to live in partial to full shade where it sports orange and yellow blooming repeatedly from late Winter until early Summer. USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 9.

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This is Monarda media, also known as Purple Bergamot, Purple bee balm, and Horsemint. Growing up to 3 feet tall this plant attracts birds, bees and butterflies. This plant likes to live in sun to partial shade. This plant blooms in the Summer, where it blossoms pink. Monarda plants, in general, are larval host plants for the Pyrausta inveterascalis, Orange Mint, and Hermit sphinx moths. They are also a nectar source for the Dull Firetip, Pine White, Diana Fritillary and Cassus Roadside-Skipper butterflies and the Bedstraw hawkmoth. I am sure that these plants provides for hundreds of other butterflies. USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 9.

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This is Dendrocalamus strictus, also known as Male Bamboo, Solid Bamboo and Calcutta Bamboo. Growing over 40 feet tall this tree likes to live in full sun. The brown shoots are covered in white blossoms. The shoots from this bamboo can be eaten, and used as timber. USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 10.

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This is Epilobium angustifolium, also known as, great willowherb, Rose bay, Fireweed, Willow Herb, Great willowherb, French willow, Almaruat, Kaporuski, Vrbolika, and rosebay willowherb. This plant grows to about 2 feet tall. The flowers, leaves, roots, and stems can be eaten cooked or raw, and the dried leaves are used to make tea. Fiber taken from the stem can be used to make cord. This is a larval host plant for the Yellow-banded sphinx, Aetole extraneella, and Proud sphinx moths, and the Bedstraw hawkmoth. USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 7.