Even though it’s a non-native, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for sedum, because the bees and butterflies love it. It provides a late-summer nectar source.  I know there are many different species of sedum but I don’t know exactly what I’ve got.  I have 3 different ones in 3 different parts of my yard.

Lately I’ve been seeing more butterflies on my sedum than on my butterfly bush.  Here are a couple:

This Common Buckeye refused to keep its wings open long enough for me to get a good photograph, so I had to be satisfied with one with the wings closed:

Common Buckeye

This Painted Lady was just about as difficult to photograph.  I don’t really know if it is a Painted Lady or an American Lady.  According to my Life Cycles of Butterflies book, you have to count the number of eyespots on the underside of the lower wing to tell the difference.  You can see it’s in the company of 3 different bees and another small butterfly I can’t identify.