Hardy in zones 3 through 9, this perennial grows about 3 feet tall, and has dense clusters of orange ... host plant for monarch butterflies, meaning they lay their eggs on the butterfly weed ...

In shades of red, orange, white ... and songbirds. Alongside butterfly weed and coreopsis, consider planting sun-loving black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta). The black and yellow composite flower ...