Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Butterfly Pix, #102, 2 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
Genna, the Mt. Magazine Butterfly Festival was a fun, informative event. A butterfly tent and photo contest at the Logan county fairgrounds and lots of programs on butterflies and hummingbirds at the Mt. Magazine Visitors Center.
My talented brother-in-law won "Best of Show" in the photography with a painted lady butterfly photo. Also Lady butterfly was fluttering about the streets of Paris during the festival.
I did manage a few butterfly pictures.
In regard to butterfly plants in Arkansas, I recommend cultivated and wildflowers, annuals and perennials. Butterfly bush, zinnias, marigolds, lantana (new gold), tropical milkweed, rose verbena, black eyed susan, asters, coneflowers, pentas, salvia, Mexican heather, Callibrocha, coreopsis, blanket flowers, and sunflowers. Yellow and orange colors seem to be preferred in annual flowers with red and purples a nice second choice. Some flowers like crepe myrtle and roses rarely attract butterflies.