Butterfly Garden with Zinnias

A cottage garden full of zinnias and coneflowers attracts butterflies throughout the bright summer border.

Start with the largest flower heads and use their petal shapes as small anchors. Butterflies sit at different depths, so keep the nearest wings apart from the softer ones in the distance. Leaves, stems and garden shadows provide enough green variation to connect the bright flowers without losing the natural feeling. A slow pass around butterfly garden with zinnias will usually reveal the small color changes that are easy to miss at first.