A wee green monarda early in the 2024 season. I love the little dew drops on its leaves.
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #thebeebs #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱

💜Welcome to 20 seconds of my New England aster heaven💜 Sound up for BUZZ🐝
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #bombus #mynativeoasis

A wet, sleepy bee on Riddell's goldenrod and an Isabella tiger moth caterpillar trying to devour all the flowers🐛
#Pyrrharctiaisabella #bombus #pollinators #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #solidagoriddellii #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis

Who else's prairie looks fabulously messy at the end of the season? 🐦Birds are loving the seeds, 🐝bumblebees are clinging to the blooms, and I can't wait for it to be even bigger and better next year!
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #mynativeoasis

We have a frog in the pond!! Wohoo!
He's a handsome Northern leopard frog🐸
🌻 brown-eyed susan bloom 🌻
#Lithobatespipiens #nativeplants #rudbeckiatriloba #bloomscrolling #amphibiansky #nature #mynativeoasis

Windy morning in the garden🌬
Cupplant
Boneset
Purple cones
Ironweed
Rough blazingstar
Brown-eyed susans
Blue vervain
So many bumblers
& an heirloom rainbow tomato 🍅
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation
#mynativeoasis