Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 62, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
The Hairstreaks are still hanging out. Saw one tonight, too. This one is on Spanish Needles but tonight it was feasting on agastache. It was funny to watch it go from top to bottom on one bloom and then repeat with the adjacent ones. Gotta get all that nectar!

Speaking of plants...I'm so in love with Veronica spicata "Sunny Border Blue". I get those giant bumblebees on it that are so heavy they bend the flower stalk over. It's too cute. Well, this weekend at Lowe's they had a variety called "Red Fox" which is actually more rose-pink and they only had one left which I bought. Can't say enough good things about veronica. It takes the heat, it was the first thing to bloom this spring (and we had a few hard freezes here), I'd say it's drought resistant, and the bugs love it!