Apples. I don't know what it is about apples, but I feel the fey near them. It is also associated with the underworld. http://www.thegoddesstree.com/trees/Apple.htm Since they flower in the early spring, it will also give nectar to bees, and other polinators. If you get crabapples, you can feed birds later on. It also smells wonderful.
Hawthorne http://www.witchipedia.com/herb:hawthorn
Thyme. http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/flowers/t.html I don't know if butterflies like it, but I do know that bees will like it as well. Since bees are having issues, planting it, will help them.
Blackberry(they are thorny as heck. birds and many wildlife will eat them. They are also yummy as hell.)http://www.witchipedia.com/herb:blackberry http://livingfolkways.blogspot.com/2013/06/blackberry-folk-medicine-and-food-rubus_20.html They are high in fiber. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/31/blackberry-facts_n_2581622.html?just_reloaded=1
I haven't noticed fey around elderberry, but then I haven't really looked, nor do I know if I've planted any. http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2778/#b However a lot of lore is associated with that.
Hollyhocks. http://globalgoddessoracle.com/Lammas2006/herbs.htm Hollyhocks can be nectar as well as host plants to butterflies.
Roses. If you get the kind that fruits and makes hips, you can make tea out of those that are high in vitamin c.
I have found that the fey, love butterfly gardens.
Butterfly bush, flowers all season. Get a few different colors. The red attracts hummingbirds. The bees also loved it.
Milkweed. It is necessary for monarchs to lay their eggs. Monarchs are having a hard time of it. If you have damp clay soil, get yourself swamp milkweed. There are several ornamental varieties.
Cone flowers and black eyed susans. They are drought tolerant and will flower and give nectar all season. There are several different varieties.
Beebalm. It will flower and thrive in part sun I have found. (I planted it in the shady area by my front door in ms). Bees love it, hummingbirds love it, so do butterflies.
Bronze fennel. Heat tolerant, and the swallowtails love to eat it.
Dill. Swallowtails love it. Will take the abuse and come back, but don't expect to get much for yourself.
Hollyhock. It can be a host plant.
Perennial sunflower. It is also a host plant. Plus if you let it go to seeds the birds later on will love you.
Clover. Some moths will use it. Bees love the nectar.
Wild violets. It is a host plant to an endangered butterfly. It will flower in early spring. Likes partial shade. Plant in an area you aren't planning on mowing.
Gay feather, or liatris. It is a great nectar plant.
If you are in the east coast, plant wild lupine. It is a host plant to an endangered butterfly.
Bees and birds, and you will love this plant. http://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/herbal-library/magical-herbs/strawberry-history-folklore-myth-and-magic/ Get yourself some alpine strawberry seeds. They will have these tiny delectable strawberries. You can also grow regular strawberries as well.
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