Birds & Blooms

What blooms are the best butterfly magnets?

Readers share their go-to flowers for attracting fluttering pollinator­s.

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I have an herb garden outside my kitchen window that includes Joe Pye weed. Last summer, eastern tiger swallowtai­ls visited it on a daily basis. Lyn Cosby ATLANTA, GEORGIA is the place to watch every year for pollinator­s, including butterflie­s.

Anne Veldhuisen MARSHALL, MINNESOTA

PHILLIPS, NEBRASKA

I have photograph­ed long-tailed skippers, monarchs, moths,

giant swallowtai­ls, cloudless sulphurs and gulf fritillari­es getting nectar from my orange and yellow lantana flowers.

Becky A. Litke PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA

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