A large brown and withered head of a sunflower, now devoid of its once vibrant yellow ray florets, lies in a brush pile where its black and white striped seeds have become a food source for the birds in the neighbourhood. The discarded shells lay on the ground
Pollen for the bees
Seeds for the birds
Shelter for the insects
Beauty for us
Everyone wins
#flowers
#nativeplants
#Canadiangardens
A monarch butterfly hangs with her orange, black, and white wings closed. Behind her, the changing monarch chrysalis (it is becoming bluish as the wings inside become more visible)
A new butterfly warms its wings in the sunlight on my fingertip as I try to release her in my back garden
A monarch butterfly, with its wings opened, rests on my finger
A monarch butterfly rests in the two-toned pink blooms of a garden phlox. Her proboscis unfurled and curled when she came in contact with the flowers
Our first beautiful girl was released this morning
Good luck on your journey, Queen Peppermint Patty LaBelle
🌼🦋
#insects
#flowers
#butterfies
#nativeplants
#Canadiangardens
A slender stalk of sunflowers, damaged by birds foraging for seeds, stands next to a New England aster that is not yet blooming. False sunflowers grow in a tangle behind a bushy mound of black-eyed Susans.
One last stalk of sunflowers
While some of the flowers in the garden have faded
Most are still vibrantly blooming
And a few have yet to burst forth
Summer may be almost over yet life in our gardens continues to flourish
#Canadiangardens
#nativeplants
#flowers
A close shot of the disk florets of a yellow sunflower; the ray florets fill the rest of the picture
I've lived near sunflowers all my life yet I've never looked so closely at one still growing until today
#flowers
#macroMonday
#CanadianGardens
Sent an email to my Burlington, Ontario councilor suggesting the city make more community gardens available. There are plenty of municipal patches under lawn - green concrete.
Tiny gardens can produce vegetables.
May you would like to do the same
#canadiangardens #ontaro #Burlington #elbowsup
Because #bloomscrolling. Himalayan blue poppies (Meconopsis), a June highlight at Reford Gardens/Jardins de Métis, Quebec. A must-visit! Wish it were just around the corner from me. 🌱 #canadiangardens #gardens #gardentravel #gardenstovisit
