So pretty! I don’t know why I didn’t used to like coneflowers. I planted some this year and I’m hooked–they last so long, are so cheerful, and practically bulletproof. After seeing a huge swallowtail drunkenly swooning on a blossom, who can turn away? (Send me an email and I’ll send you the photo–really pretty)
So pretty………I planted coneflowers last year for the first time- our native butterfly Painted Lady fed on it…….It is just now beginning to bloom for this season……..The swamp milkweed is growing like crazy - about 5 feet tall now with the beginnings of small blooms………the fennel is also about 5 feet tall- taller than last year…….I can hardly wait for the monarchs and swallowtails to arrive- probably sometime in July…..My grandbaby Helena (who is 2) along with her parents recently moved back here to St. Louis & I am so looking forward to teaching her about the wonder of the butterflies…….We have a Butterfly House here that I took her to last week & the look on her face was magical as she watched the butterflies flying around her………a long comment, I know, but I just want to share this with you………
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Bill, darn but that’s not fair — posting pretty pics like this and the taters when my camera’s giving up the ghost.
So pretty! I don’t know why I didn’t used to like coneflowers. I planted some this year and I’m hooked–they last so long, are so cheerful, and practically bulletproof. After seeing a huge swallowtail drunkenly swooning on a blossom, who can turn away? (Send me an email and I’ll send you the photo–really pretty)
So pretty………I planted coneflowers last year for the first time- our native butterfly Painted Lady fed on it…….It is just now beginning to bloom for this season……..The swamp milkweed is growing like crazy - about 5 feet tall now with the beginnings of small blooms………the fennel is also about 5 feet tall- taller than last year…….I can hardly wait for the monarchs and swallowtails to arrive- probably sometime in July…..My grandbaby Helena (who is 2) along with her parents recently moved back here to St. Louis & I am so looking forward to teaching her about the wonder of the butterflies…….We have a Butterfly House here that I took her to last week & the look on her face was magical as she watched the butterflies flying around her………a long comment, I know, but I just want to share this with you………
Is that from your yard?
yes, the coneflower is from my yard. And for that matter so is the vitex and the potatoes (many of which have now been eaten)