Cotton literally is a plant that surrounds us in our everyday life and while it is a huge commercial plant grown for the fiber to make clothing and other everyday articles, it is also a wonderful ornamental plant addition for any serious garden design.  Cotton flowers are known butterfly attractors and for that reason alone they should be promoted as plants to include in any butterfly garden.  They are also beneficial to bees, which as most of us know are in serious need of all the beneficial plants they can get.