🧡Monarch on late thoroughwort🤍
#Eupatoriumserotinum
This was before the hard frost this week. Now the garden looks ready for bed.
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Two Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies feeding off the white cluster flowers of Eupatorium serotinum's (Late Boneset) lateboneset easterntigerswallowtail butterflygarden nativeplants bloomscrolling doomscrolling calming Papilioglaucus bugsky invertebrates wildlifegarden backyardwildlife gardening pollinators

Late Boneset. Late Afternoon. Golden Swallowtails. Golden Hour. #EupatoriumSerotinum

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly enjoying the nectar from the white clustered flowers of Eupatorium serotinum (Late Boneset) lateboneset pollinators bugsky pollinatorgarden nativeplantmeadow meadow fallblooms bloomscrolling easterntigerswallowtail PapilioGlaucus

It was extremely bright and sunny and difficult to capture a photo of the entire Late Boneset shrub using my old smartphone. I transplanted some small plants from our woodlands edges earlier this year that were only 6” tall. They would never really flourish in part shade. Now they are in full sun. Look at the size! Definitely 3 feet tall plus! Right place for the right plant. On a soup bowl slope next to the driveway that dries out quickly. This is a great plant for full sun, drought-like conditions, clay soil, etc. nativeplants nativeplant wildlifegarden

Eupatorium serotinum’s (Late Boneset) time to shine is late summer. Pollinators are happy. #EupatoriumSerotinum