Love it!

Ooh, I'm so envious - but grateful these still exist. Not seen one, or any of the more common ones, in my part of London for years. Get small blues and cabbage whites, that's it.

We have had the CW's for a while but the lovely coloured ones have only appeared during the last few weeks of warm weather.

Red Admirals are usually later, when we had them here that is - but no Peacocks, Commas, Tortoiseshells either, sadly.

No havnt seen a peacock this year or a comma, just a few tortoiseshells and 2 brimstones.

I'm doing me best to get 'em in - added Buddleia and musk mallow last year, along with Echinops. All very popular, lots of hoverflies, bees of all sorts, but no flutterbyes...

That's a great shot Lizziebee - managed to get a quick pic of a Red Admiral the other day myself.
Can I ask what that plant is please?
Bamboo - that is such a shame. Can you imagine just how many children have never seen a butterfly? It's sad!!

Wonderful ! I wish we had those here.

We get mostly red admirals, it s the tortoishells that seem rare here.

Lovely pic Lizzie, well done on capturing it..

Scottish - the plant is Ceratostigma, possibly C. plumbaginoides by the look of the leaves, but maybe Lizziebee will confirm...

Thanks Bamboo :)

Lovely picture of the butterfly - we get quite a lot around here of various types but to my shame I don't recognise them - maybe a project for me next Summer... (got to keep that old brain going!)

As for the plant, it's a fabulous colour, and I've long loved it if only for its name: it would make a terrific 'expletive', wouldn't it? - by the time you'd hissed "Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides" all your frustration would have dissipated... And you'd feel so proud of yourself (like being able to pronounce all in one breath the name of the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor)!

[Sorry for the frivolity... staving off the thought of winter, I guess!]

Ha ha, monjardiniere - I prefer a proper old swear myself, although when forced to control myself in front of people, I often resort to 'recombinant DNA'. I don't know why, but it's almost as good as swearing, lol

Beautiful photo... well done o:)

I used to go for Bleishtift, German for pencil but very satisfying.