Washington Area Butterfly Club

Field Trip to Bob and Tamie DeWitt's Butterfly Garden, August 17, 2002

This orange Tithonia is a cultivar of Mexican sunflower, a plant that is highly attractive to butterflies. Behind it are the blue flower spikes of Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), a native water plant which is also an excellent nectar plant.

This orange Tithonia is a cultivar of Mexican sunflower, a plant that is highly attractive to butterflies. The blue flower spikes behind it belong to Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), a native water plant which is also an excellent nectar plant.

Posted November 28, 2002