Monarchs In The Flowers

[Winchester]

This was taken out in the front yard flower bed with the black-eyed Susans, the Joe-Pye and the white peegee hydrangeas. There are monarch butterflies and the entire area was just humming with the bees droning.

If you're looking for a plant that is drought-resistant and that the bees love, check out Joe-Pye. You do have to water it after you've just planted it until it gets established, but after that, it does pretty well wherever it grows. This is full sun.

 

[neely]

I love monarch butterflies, your picture is breathtaking. Thanks for the tip on the Joe-Pye too. I may have to look for them at one of the landscape nurseries here.

 

[Norachan]

That's beautiful Winchester

I'm looking for something that doesn't mind being in the shade, can survive our winters, is strong enough to cope with whatever this many pine trees does to the soil and is OK with being sprayed with cat pee occasionally.

If anyone has any idea what this super plant may be, please let me know.

 

[Winchester]

Thanks! And FWIW, Joe Pye is a perennial and it spreads nicely, too.

Growing Joe Pye Weed, for Late Season Color

The bees love it as much as the butterflies do!

 

[foxxycat]

hostas Norchan

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

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Winchester - that's a stunning photo, but those are much more uncommon Great Spangled Fritillaries (Speyeria cybele):

http://blogs.massaudubon.org/yourgr.../sites/20/2012/07/GSFritillary-FrankModel.jpg

Great spangled fritillary - Wikipedia
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[1CatOverTheLine]

I'm looking for something that doesn't mind being in the shade, can survive our winters, is strong enough to cope with whatever this many pine trees does to the soil and is OK with being sprayed with cat pee occasionally.

If anyone has any idea what this super plant may be, please let me know.

Norachan - That's easy - I have those in abundance here. They're called, "rocks."
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[betsygee]

Wow, beautiful photo!

 

[margecat]

This was taken out in the front yard flower bed with the black-eyed Susans, the Joe-Pye and the white peegee hydrangeas. There are monarch butterflies and the entire area was just humming with the bees droning.

If you're looking for a plant that is drought-resistant and that the bees love, check out Joe-Pye. You do have to water it after you've just planted it until it gets established, but after that, it does pretty well wherever it grows. This is full sun.

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Hummingbirds like it too! :-)

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

those are lovely pics, Winchester !

i was outside yesterday and was watching a monarch butterfly enjoying my butterfly bushes -- along with quite a few bees. there haven't been many monarchs around here for several years, so it was wonderful to see one.