As I was checking on my giant Cushaw squash the other day, I saw this Silver-spotted Skipper enjoying my Zinnias.  I watched as it sipped nectar from each of those tiny yellow flowers.  That's a good enough reason to plant zinnias in your garden, besides being pretty to look at.   

 

There are lots of good nectar plants to attract butterflies to your garden including:  Asters, Buddleia (butterfly bush), Phlox, Black-eyed Susies, Purple coneflowers, Bee balm, Marigolds, Coreopsis, Lantana, Cosmos.  And let the wildflowers grow too:  Joe-Pye weed, Queen Anne's Lace, Goldenrod, Thistle, and Oxeye daisies.  

 

Plant all kinds of flowers in your garden, and watch the butterflies come to visit.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!