Best variety of Zinnias to attract butterflies in Eastern US

[Dennis Schlicht]

Best variety of Zinnias to attract butterflies in Eastern USZinnia Cosmos is good.
Dennis Schlicht
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  From: Michael Gochfeld<mailto:gochfeld at EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU> 
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  Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 2:35 PM
  Subject: RE: Best variety of Zinnias to attract butterflies in Eastern US


  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<mailto: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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