This female monarch butterfly, although had a torn wing, fluttered about just fine this morning in the garden.
It definitely makes you wonder how long she has been flying and what happened.
She was a beauty, and fun to watch as she tackled the porterweed to grab some good.
I wonder how much nectar they have to consume in a day for their diet?
A female monarch butterfly stopping by for a meal of nectar from the blue porterweed.
The blue porterweed is a favorite plant in the garden for the butterflies. It is an excellent plant to add to a butterfly garden as the nectar is sought out by a variety of butterfly species.
This plant has tripled in size and makes a great ground cover, and does really well in full sun. It flowers year round and has coarsely toothed leaves. The stems with the flowers grow pretty long, which gives the garden a great layered look with bursts of green and blue.