Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I'm aiming to do a series of videos that focus on host plants for our native butterflies and moths. Many of us have been trained to understand that our monarch caterpillars rely on milkweed for their food, but most of us are not able to connect our other native Lepidopterans (Leps) to the plants they eat as larvae. Since a video like this can get really unwieldy, I'm covering herbaceous host plants that have real horticultural value in the garden space—and in most cases, also do double duty as both a host plant and pollinator plant with beautiful blooms.
I'm aiming to do a series of videos that focus on host plants for our native butterflies and moths. Many of us have been trained to understand that our monarch caterpillars rely on milkweed for their food, but most of us are not able to connect our other native Lepidopterans (Leps) to the plants they eat as larvae. Since a video like this can get really unwieldy, I'm covering herbaceous host plants that have real horticultural value in the garden space—and in most cases, also do double duty as both a host plant and pollinator plant with beautiful blooms.
