December 2024 I wintersowed seeds in jugs and planted them late summer/early fall 2025. Here are 3 that are blooming right now.
1 - Hairy Woodmint
2 - Tall Bellflower
3 - Cardinal Flower
4 - Bottlebrush Grass (3rd year) I included it because I think it looks cool.
5 - Black Swallowtail decided to visit my Bee Balm. I hope she finds the Golden Alexander!
My summer blooms have just started. Pretty soon I'll have more color in the beds than green leaves. 😊
I also included a few pictures of plants that still have blooms but are on their way out (evening primrose and downy woodmint)
1- purple coneflower
2- Black eye susan
3- evening primrose
4- butterfly weed
5- wild petunia
6- hairy woodmint
7- common milkweed
8- bee balm
9- anise hyssop
10- hoary skullcap
11- Swamp milkweed
12- downy woodmint
13- self-heal
14- bottlebrush grass
We saw our first monarch butterfly of the year today. A female. She visited our common milkweed and really didn't want her picture taken but I managed to get 2 mediocre pictures. I hope more follow soon. 😊😊
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My foxglove beardtongue and coralbells finally bloomed. In the background of each picture my Golden Alexander is starting to fade away. We check them every few days for black swallowtail caterpillars. 😊 Nothing to report yet!
Also a bonus picture of a toad I found in my violets.
I'm just wondering if someone can confirm that this is wild blue phlox. I tried winter sowing some but they didn't germinate. These bloomed and I was looking at them today and thought to myself I already have some growing!
I've been trying to get rid of them from my bed the last 2 years because they were kind if getting out of control. 🤦🏻♂️ I'm such an idiot!! I might just put myself on time out.
I'm in SEPA 7a in case my location doesn't show up with my username.
Thanks in advance.