Showing posts with label Wildflower Wednesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wildflower Wednesday. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

A Few Wildflowers From Summer and Fall 2011


Native Wild Blueberry and Bombus (Bumble Bee)

Erigeron annuus Eastern daisy fleabane ~ ?

Mystery Most Common ~  Fleabane ?

Geranium maculatum, Wild Geranium 



Tradescantia virginiana, Virginia Spiderwort

Amsonia tabernaemontana (Eastern bluestar)

Thermopsis villosa (Carolina bushpea)

Field of Dancus pusillus (American wild carrot) and Daucus carota (Queen Anne's Lace)

Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar eating Wild Carrot

Verbascum chaixii ? and Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca



Little Skippers on Milkweed


Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower and Aphrodite Fritillary 

                       Eupatorium Maculatum (Joe-Pye weed) and Rudbeckia Herbstonne


Goldenrod and Monarch butterfly with mystery bug

Vernonia gigantea, Tall Ironweed

Fritillary sipping Ironweed

Monarchs on New England Asters

Here are a few of my favorite photographs of some of the wildflowers (and wild flying creatures) in my gardens over this summer and fall. 
Thank you Gail for inspiring all of my wildflower posts over this year and for all of your great work towards preserving native plants . . . through your own gardens and the brilliant articles on your blog, 
as well as, your contributions to the fabulous Beautiful Wildlife Gardens blog.
You are an inspiration to many and a gracious champion for native plants and wildlife. Congratulations on another year of informative posts for your creation 'Wildflower Wednesday.'
If you, dear treasured readers, would like to see other wildflower posts inspired by Gail, please visit 'Wildflower Wednesday' and her wonderful, wild and greatly native garden Clay and Limestone.  


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Wild Skies, Plants and Butterflies Inside and Out

























A bit of wildness for Gail's Wildflower Wednesday.
Words fail me right now . . . so sad for neighboring towns and states . . . for the wild skies that left so much loss beneath them. We were lucky. 


Saturday, July 30, 2011

Wildflower Flowering 'In The Pink' Naturalizing Asclepias































Forms tightly woven
sweet filled cups spill into air
generous buds full

letting go unfurl
calyx corolla armor 
release opening

protective layers
disrobe revealing pendants
alluring fragrance

floating mist essence
embracing senses engage
claws and spurs spread out

explosive fireworks
pendulous orbs nurture life
pink porcelain stars fall

wild and native green
countless creatures jade delight
weed of milky sap

imagination
inhales expanding open
eyes to inner sphere 

essential cycle
return each season newly
egg to butterfly

idea to artful
nature feeds cultivates joy
a chrysalis forms



Visit Gail down yonder at Clay and Limestone for other wildflower studies. 
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