An abundance of Tortoiseshells in the garden

The garden continues to delight this year.  We are especially pleased with the raised beds and with the two different eucomis or pineapple lilies we have in pots.  We have two canna lilies that look healthy, although yet still small and unlikely to flower this year.  The lavender, scabious, verbena bonariensis and especially the agapanthus have done exceptionally well and have attracted a large number of butterflies.  Of late we have enjoyed large numbers of small tortoiseshell butterflies particularly on the flowers in the raised bed and on the verbenas.