June 2tap images for gallery view

 

Good morning! I'll be your gaillardia for the day. — Gaillardia aristata

 

 

Water parsnip, Sium suave, over here. I grow up to 2 metres tall and black swallowtail butterflies like my nectar, a lot.

 

 

Hey there. I'm called fringed willowherb, Epilobium ciliatum Raf.. I'm an annual, so I move around a lot. And, wait 'til you see my seeds.

 

 

You'll definitely know when I'm around, especially if you step on me. I'm wild mint, Mentha arvensis. My pungent smell repels insects and rodents.

 

 

Hi. I'm bugleweed (aka water horehound), Lycopus americanus. I belong to the mint family. I turn dark purple in the fall.

 

June 3tap images for gallery view

 

Hello. I'm Canada anemone, Anemone canadensis, and I make an excellent ground cover that keeps out most exotic species.

 

 

Hey. I'm called silverweed, Potentilla anserina. The silver comes from the colour of the underside of my leaf (as shown). I'm an excellent ground cover.

 

 

Taking the Mrs out for lunch ...

 

June 5tap images for gallery view

 

I'm a sub-shrub: dwarf false indigo, Amorpha nana. The photog says I'm delightful.
A friend of his has suggested (because of my name) that I may have "issues".

 

 

Howdy. I'm marsh hedgenettle, Stachys palustris L.

 

June 6tap images for gallery view

 

Hey there! I'm blue flag iris, Iris versicolor, getting set up for the pollinators. Perhaps you noticed our leaves are long wide blades, sort of grass-like.

 

 

We're blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium montanum. We're tiny. But you can't miss us.
We're also not a grass. We're part of the iris family.

 

 

I'm a Pacific Clubtail dragonfly, Phanogomphus kurilis, and I'm a long way from home.
Our range is from the eastern Rockies to the west coast.

 

 

I'm a black-eyed susan, Rudbeckia hirta. I was started from seed last year. (That's why the straw around me.)

 

June 8tap images for gallery view

 

I'm three flowered avens, Geum triflorum, and I'm setting seed.

 

 

Whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata, here.
A few years ago a monarch caterpillar ate a couple of us to the ground. Well we grew back to our full height (about 18"). So there!

 

 

I'm smooth camas, Zygadenus elegans. I'm just sending up my flower spike.
I'm a glacial relic. Or so they say because I remained after the Pleistocene ice sheets retreated.

 

 

Long-fruited anemone, Anemone cylindrica, here.
My leaves are similar to Canada anemone but my flowers grow on long stems, as you can see from last years stalks.

 

 

Hey, I'm indigo bush, Amorpha fruticosa, the dwarf's bigger sibling.
We're almost identical, except for the size. Both of us smell wonderful when in flower.

 

 

Swamp milkweed beetle, Labidomera clivicollis, here. The monarchs have competition. Some people consider me to be a problem when milkweeds are in short supply. (Not a problem where we are.)