Best variety of Zinnias to attract butterflies in Eastern US

[Michael Gochfeld]

I think that a lot of the horticultural varieties of Zinnia are doubles, with the reproductive organs replaced by petal-like structures to make them more showy (but at the same time less nectifarous).  The ones that look daisy-like with disc flowers seem to be more attactive. 
 
Michael Gochfeld gochfeld at eohsi.rutgers.edu
 

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I wonder what people feel is the best variety of Zinnias for attracting nectaring butterflies in the eastern United States. In recent years there seems to have been a proliferation of new Zinnia variants but many don't seem to interest butterflies.

Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
8/15/2010                                        


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