Eight great plants to bring butterflies to your garden

  • PICTURED IS A HOT pink Zinnia flower with an orange butterfly standing on its petal getting nectar from the yellow center. -- Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife
    PICTURED IS A HOT pink Zinnia flower with an orange butterfly standing on its petal getting nectar from the yellow center. -- Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife
  • A PAIR OF ORANGE and red Lantana plants are pictured. -- Robert Burns/ Texas A&M AgriLife
    A PAIR OF ORANGE and red Lantana plants are pictured. -- Robert Burns/ Texas A&M AgriLife

    A delicate butterfly alighting on a garden bloom is a tangible sign for many that spring has indeed arrived.

    A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist shared insights on how to draw these beautiful beneficial insects to your yard -- not only in the spring but throughout the summer and fall.

    “The key to having the most butterflies is to have constant or overlapping blooms,” said Molly Kec…