The garden is is peak bloom right now. Pollinators buzz busily, and the bigger butterflies are starting to find their way to the flowers I planted for them.

Cleome

Monarch on milkweed

Bee coming in for the liatris (bottom center — I didn’t realize it was in the photo)

Cabbage white on purple top verbena

Mexican sunflower

Bumblebee on lavender

Shasta daisy

Monarch on zinnia

Echinacea

Dill

Cleome and Miss Ruby butterfly bush

These are mostly just the close-ups. I published more photos on Andrea’s Gardening Blog if you like photographs of gardens and flowers.