Magnus Coneflowers and a sweet little butterfly

Magnus Coneflowers and a sweet little butterfly on 7/10/06

Beautiful banner, Marilyn!

Great banner, Marilyn!

Thank you @plantmanager and @crawgarden for your nice comments.

Thank you @plantmanager for the acorn.

Thank you @greene, @jmorth, @pardalinum, @plantmanager and @vic for the thumbsup.

Here's the full size pic. I turned the pic the other way when I made the banner.



Here's a few more pics I took on 7/10/06 (that had the butterfly) at the same time.

Gorgeous photos! I think I need to grow some.

I think your butterfly is a Pearl Crescent

Gorgeous flowers and I absolutely love the butterfly!!! Great banner!

@plantmanager, get some plants in the spring and watch for the butterflies. Do you get any goldfinches in AZ? I hope you do, since they love coneflowers.

@jmorth, you're correct. Thank you for pointing it out to me.

Thank you @cocoajuno for your nice comment.

Thank you @bootandall for the thumbsup.

Marilyn

Gorgeous banner Marilyn, and what gorgeous pics! Love the little butterfly. Congrats!!!

Thank you @GaNinFl and @greenappleagnes for your nice comments.

Thank you @CarolineScott, @GaNinFl and @greenappleagnes for the thumbsup.

Happy y'all liked my 'Magnus' coneflower banner. In one the pics above (the second one in the four group), there's a bumblebee, besides the Pearl Crescent Butterfly. Didn't know if you saw it.

20 years ago, 'Magnus' won the PPA (Perennial Plant Association) Award in 1998 and that's how long I've been growing plants of them. Hard to believe I've been growing it that long.

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus')