Upton House (National Trust) holds the national collection of Asters in their garden. I decided that we would visit today. Michaelmas daisies had attracted butterflies in my last garden. Would I find butterflies in this garden at the beginning of October? Most of the Asters were lilac/purple/pale pink; I found a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly and a Red Admiral butterfly on one plant.



This was Aster novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Potschke', so now you know which one to buy! Wonder if other bright pink asters hold the same attraction.
Also found a Small White butterfly on a Dandelion.

I'd missed the top terrace of the gardens but went back to walk along it; I'm so glad that I walked that way for I saw a Hummingbird Hawkmoth.

This was my best photo of this Hummingbird Hawkmoth feeding on a Penstemmon. They move so fast that they're difficult to photograph.