In order to attract butterflies and hummingbirds, the conditions should be favorable for them.

1. Provide a sunny spot in your yard, butterflies love the sun and will stop to fan out their wings. They both prefer some kind of cover to provide a resting spot after feeding. Plant taller bushes in the back that they can rest in.

2. Add a water feature. They both love to access to water and will often congregate near it. A small bubbling bird bath or a misting feature would be ideal.

3. Add Feeders, hummingbirds love a natural solution of one part sugar to 4 parts water. Inexpensive feeders can be found at big box stores and garden center stores like Breezy Hill. 

4. Use stone throughout the garden to provide resting spot for the butterflies. They enjoy the sun and fanning their wings on rocks. Also a spot to rest. 

Also add a butterfly box and use only natural products keep your garden organic.

List of plants that butterflies and hummingbirds love.

Butterflies enjoy Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Bush, Hydrangea ‘Tardiva’, English Lavender, Black-Eyed Susan,  Lantana, Lilac, Cosmos, Agastache, Goldenrod, Zinnia & Fushia. 

Hummingbirds like red, orange, blue, or purple colors.

Beebalm, Morning Glory, Blue & Red Lobelia, Fragrant Flowering Tobacco Plants, or Hanging Baskets of Verbena, Fuchsia & Lantana.