Butterflies Loving the Statice

These are both varieties of swallowtails. 

The yellow above I believe is a Western Tiger.

The blue and black in the video below is most likely a male Pipevine.  Note the chinks missing from the left wing.   

 

I have linked to a fun website here that helps with butterfly identification.

 http://www.gardenswithwings.com/identify-butterflies.html

May Flowers in the Garden

 Schizanthus, or Poor Man's Orchid

Yellow Poker Plant, Kniphofia.  A member of the lily family.

Scabiosa seed pod.  Pincushion flower.  A light white and lavender flower that forms these pods seen to the very left.

Campanula or Canterbury Bells.

Pink Foxglove.

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY

Passion Fruit Vine