Beetroot juice. The common beetroot that is normally cooked and sliced or grated for salad is from the species Beta Vulgaris and the family Chenopodiaceae. Beetroot is commonly cooked, but the juice of raw beetroot contains a host of health benefits, and is classed as a super food in todays nutritional jargon.
Cook suggests incorporating plants like black-eyed Susan or Rudbeckia hirta, swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata, or even the Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum). These plants will attract tiny pollinators, which also serve as food for the dragonflies.
Tropical Milkweed for Butterflies. Asclepias curassavica is a Host Plant for two butterflies, the Monarch butterfly and the Queen butterfly. The Monarch butterfly can be found all around the US and into Canada. The Queen butterfly is found in Florida, our southwestern states, and down into Mexico.