Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Yay!! The Monarchs have arrived (@ Coots Roost), 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Magpye - Great photo! Love the colors! And I too love tulips and agree that they are too short lived. I tried tulips for the first time this year in my zone and found another gorgeous flower to love! Your purple tulips are gorgeous!!!! I just wish they were re-bloomers! lol

Janet - I grew my tulips in a pot with some Daffodils. I loved how they all looked together and got lucky and they all bloomed at the same time. (See attached photo.)

Magpye - It certainly does look like you have a butterfly zoo going on in your yard!!! I believe from your description of the black butterfly with the red stripe on it's wings, that it might be a Red Admiral Butterfly. Check out this thread for a photo of it posted by bsharf:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/705654/