Buddleia or Butterfly Bush

This week has been so much fun. It cooled off a bit and now I can really get into my garden and check things out. We had two showers and the plants are growing by leaps and bounds. I hope you are harvesting the fruits of your labor, whether it be in the form of fruit, veggies or cutting blooms to bring the outside in. Now is a good time to watch the butterfly population explode. They are everywhere. You can create a little oasis for them by adding sand and a smooth stone to a low container just high enough for a inch or so of water. A butterfly likes to land on a warm surface, the stone, and ever so daintily use the water for a sip or very small splash landing.

A Buddleia or Butterfly Bush will attract many different kinds of butterfly. It doesn't make a difference what color bush you have, they are lured in by the wonderful aroma of the bloom. If you stand very still, with a camera in your hand ready to take a picture, it will happen. Just be ready. I try to position myself so I have two or three blooms in front of me. It is highly possible that with enough patience you may get as many as three or four butterfly in one picture.

Try it and post it on myzeeland.com.