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Mexican clover (richardia scabra) is host to the tersa hawk moth (xylophanes tersa) and provides nectar to a variety of butterflies. Unfortunately, doesn't add nitrogen to the soil... But the chickens love it when they can get it!

Tithonia is a drought lover.
In my dry sand garden in the full sun, when it hasn't rained, the plants look great!
When grown in clay soil with regular watering, the plants get huge, and flop. There's no way to stake them enough to force them to stand.
Very attractive to butterflies.
Tithonia has naturalized in my zone 8 garden. All I have to do is thin.

I discovered Scutellaria integrifolia growing naturally in a previous garden, down in a area surrounded by seep springs.
I shared this plant with a lady with a koi pond, where it thrives in the overflow area.

I've since moved this scutellaria out to the sandhills, where it grows poorly. It manages to stay alive from year to year, but it just looks bad.

This year, it rained here... a lot... and I discovered a scutellaria integrifolia blooming happily in my meadow. I didn't plant it there.

The rosette in winter resembles wood betony. Unfortunately, the blooms are not as showy.
I have specimens growing in the shade garden and in the meadow. This agrimony does not seem fussy about light.
Said to be a butterfly host, but I haven't noticed caterpillars yet.

Supposed to be rare, but with those stolons, can take over the garden... slowly.

Tolerates drought, needs part shade.

Agalinis purpurea is a native plant in my area, and often comes up in almost any scraped lot (sandy soil).

Unfortunately, people with well-tended wildflower gardens usually lose this beauty due to the late bloom and the near resemblance of the leaves to less desirable plants, and it's not an easy plant to bring back, in spite of being an annual.

When blooming, these wildflowers are beautiful, and the seedpods make a bold statement for months. The fact that this plant is host to the buckeye butterfly adds to its desirability.