Purple flowers of aster
#NowBlooming posts winding down. It was way too hot here in Central Mn this week, but frost looks likely next week. But here is aromatic aster looking lovely in the garden this afternoon
Purple flowers of aster
#NowBlooming posts winding down. It was way too hot here in Central Mn this week, but frost looks likely next week. But here is aromatic aster looking lovely in the garden this afternoon
Bee on lavender Dittany flowers
Bee on lavender Dittany flowers
Bee on lavender Dittany flowers
Pollinator on the #NowBlooming Dittany (Cunila origanoides). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden
Pink prairie blazing star
Royal catchfly
Partridge Pea
#NowBlooming
Prairie Blazing Star
Royal Flycatch
Partridge Pea
There are no less than 100 bumble bees of various shapes and sizes currently in my yard
#NativePlants
Purple coneflower
Partridge Pea
Prairie Onion
#NowBlooming around the yard…
Purple Coneflower
Partridge Pea
Prairie Onion
#NativePlants
Rise milkweed near a small pond
Purple flowers of hoary vervain
#NowBlooming Rose Milkweed and Hoary Vervain. The yard is pretty amazing right now! #NativePlants
#NowBlooming spotted bee balm! A first for the prairie garden. #NativePlants
Pink blossoms of joe pye
Purple and white prairie clover
Pink flowers of tick trefoil
#NowBlooming around the yard…
Joe Pye weed, prairie clovers, showy tick trefoil #NativePlants
Close up of blue sage flower stalks in a prairie garden at sunset.
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) #NowBlooming in the #prairie garden! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden
#NowBlooming sunflower of some type. #NativePlants
#NowBlooming oxeye sunflower
#NativePlants
Pink bloom of bee balm
Bee balm just getting to the #NowBlooming stage. Gonna get pink in the yard this week. #NativePlants
A half dozen rudbeckia flowers with long, deep yellow petals and maroon centers
Regal rudbeckia 🌱
#nowblooming
#NowBlooming around the yard….
Eastern Prickly Pear, a native cactus in MN. Also lead plant, yarrow, and black eyed susan #NativePlants
Common milkweed
Anise hyssop and butterfly milkweed
Pale purple coneflower
#NowBlooming
Common milkweed, anise hyssop, butterfly milkweed, and a sad, storm beaten pale purple coneflower
#NativePlants
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) #NowBlooming in the #prairie garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden
Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) #NowBlooming in the front garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie
Finally, Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens) is #NowBlooming ! Waited several years. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie
#NowBlooming Large Flowering Beardtongue #NativePlants
Seems to be a lot fewer than in past years in my garden.
Golden Alexander
Pale Beardtongue
#NowBlooming
Golden Alexanders and Pale Beardtongue. The Golden Alexanders was in the seed mix in 2019, but I think it is my first bloom
#NativePlants
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) #NowBlooming in the east garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie
Bright orange cosmo!
Tiny purple flowers amongst the grass
Tiny yellow flowers with clover-ish leaves among the regular grass/weeds/clover
Queen Anne’s lace-looking white flower but less dense
The coral honeysuckle is gorgeous! I'm always glad to have planted it on the fence right near the back door. It's a pretty sight while I'm working in the kitchen. But where are the hummingbirds? I miss my flying jewel friends. #nativeplants #hummingbirdplants #pollinatorgarden #nowblooming
#NowBlooming
#Ceanothus
#Peony
#EncoreAzaleaAutumnTwist
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#todayinthebackyard #todayinthegarden #azalea #autumntwist
#NowBlooming
Lupine
#NativePlants
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) #NowBlooming. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden
Small Skullcap (Scutellaria parvula) #NowBlooming. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie
Glade Coneflower (Echinacea simulata) #NowBlooming in the prairie garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie