I saw a hummingbird in the garden today, the first of the season. It’s been raining for days. We got 2.5 inches Friday, then another half inch yesterday. During a break in the rain today, I saw a great spangled fritillary flitting around and drinking from all the purple flowers: the dwarf agastache, scabiosa, and lollipop vervain. It was my first chance in a few days to get out in the garden, so I took my camera with me.
First monarch caterpillar! On butterfly weed.Great spangled fritillary on scabiosaLook how fuzzy!Feverfew blossomsCornflower budHydrangeaSunflower bud from a volunteerWhite coneflower, nepeta, and yarrowBlanket flowers, blue grama grass, white speedwell, dwarf agastache, yarrow, a butterfly bush that will soon bloom, and a bunch of other stuffAgastache (foreground) and liatris about to bloom (behind the agastache)Front bed filling in
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It is funny how most flowers are behind relative to the schedule here, but that they hydrangeas are more developed than ours are.
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