One of the more common bumblers in my yard is the brown-belted bumbler #bombusgriseocollis 🐝 I think they have buggier eyes than the others🤭
Bumbler on Joe back in 2022
#nativeplants #eutrochiummaculatum #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

Monarch #danausplexippus on Joe #eutrochiummaculatum in late summer 2025🩷
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark

This was one of our biggest crab spiders in 2022, her name was JLo. She loved her Joe Pye home, and coordinated quite nicely with it.
#Misumenavatia #eutrochiummaculatum #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #spidersky #bugsky #nature #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark

Turned around to catch the INTENSE gaze of a sleepy brown-belted bumbler 👀🐝😉
#bombusgriseocollis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #eutrochiummaculatum #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark

Giant hyssop bedtime snack for bombus 'bimac' amidst cupplant, joe pye & blue vervain🐝
#bombusbimaculatus #agastachescrophulariifolia #silphiumperfoliatum #eutrochiummaculatum #verbenahastata #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

Dude... those pollen pants🤭
I've never seen pollen piled so high!🏆
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bombus #eutrochiummaculatum #pollinators #bugsky #bombusimpatiens

Bumbler sleeping on cupplant

Bumbler sleeping on boneset

Bumbler sleeping on Joe pye

Bumbler sleeping on blue vervain

Good morning, my sweet sleeping bumblers🐝💤 Looks like we got a little dew!
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #silphiumperfoliatum #eupatoriumperfoliatum #eutrochiummaculatum #verbenahastata #bombus

I've found over 7 first instar monarch cats today on our common, and this gent has been fluttering around enjoying the nectar😍🐛
#danausplexippus #milkweedformonarchs #pollinators #eutrochiummaculatum #bloomscrolling #asclepiassyriaca #homegrownnationalpark #nativeplants

From the garden, #native #cutflowers #bloomscrolling #cardinalflower #lobeliacardinalis #blackeyedsusans #rudbeckiahirta #joepyeweed #eutrochiummaculatum #prairieironweed #vernoniafasciculata #pinkechinacea #echinacea #anisehyssop

Let's just say installing this plant support was like herding cats
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I'm so glad I found something that allows Joe to be Joe, but also a little contained. #eutrochiummaculatum
#nativeplants #budscrolling #elsasallnativeyard #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) beginning to flower. A Joepye (Eutrochium maculatum) grows buds in the background.

Close up of Joepye flower buds. Hand in the photo shows scale.

Large Cardinal flower with a hand to show scale

Cardinal Flower ( #Lobeliacardinalis) is blooming. This native grows tall in a rain garden/french drain that helps mitigate water damage to the shed. Beautiful & supports the ecosystem! Joepye ( #eutrochiummaculatum) close behind #cardinalflower #nativeplant #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #raingarden

Jacob Cline scarlet beebalm

Major Wheeler coral honeysuckle

Bumbler on Joe Pye weed

🎩The gents of my garden: Jacob Cline, Major Wheeler & Joe Pye❤️
🌱Less than 1% of my yard is native cultivars; these first boys are two of the eight total.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #gardening #monarda #lonicerasempervirens #eutrochiummaculatum

There's still time to plant Joe Pye! Many natives need cold stratification, but Joe Pye only needs 30 days. We sell seeds now & plants in the spring #joepye #claytonia #claytoniastl #Eutrochiummaculatum #spottedjoepye #coldstratification #nativeplants #natives #nativeflowers