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| Bumble visiting Echinacea tennesseensis |
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| Campanulastrum americanum, I hope to see the pollinators now that it's blooming |
My hope is that photos of C and L's wildflowers and the stories of my journey will spark your interest in native plants and gardening with wildlife in mind.
xxoogail
Without further ado~Here are a few native plants that I captured with a pollinator or two.
Working the Hydrangea arborescens 'Ryan Gainey'
Snuggling up to Agastache
Eying the cone on Echinacea
Sipping on Stokesia
Boogying with Blanket Flower
Making merry with the Monarda
xxoogail
Bee clip art (here)
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Gail, your photos are exceptional. In the first one the bee appears to be looking directly into the camera while supping on the flower. Love this series. Happy WW.
ReplyDeleteWhat luck my post was on bees too. I was happy to join. Your pollinators are so well photographed. I feel like I am there myself in your wildflower garden. I hope my flowers are not too removed from the wild. I should have taken the photos at the nursery farm, but alas, no pollinators to be found there. Heavy spraying of the trees and shrubs by my friend saw to that. Life of a commercial farmer....
ReplyDeleteWhoops, sorry, twice was not supposed to happen. I am not looking for double coverage, Gail. LOL. My comment disappeared the first time I submitted, so I thought so did my link.
ReplyDeleteDear Gail, Your photos just get more beautiful each time! Indeed you are an inspiration for native beauty . . . flora and fauna . . . and learning more. Stunning post!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is a gift to the pollinators in your area. I've been adding more & more natives to my own garden every year. They handle our hot & dry summers with grace and push out the blooms. :)
ReplyDeleteOooh, what a pretty bellflower Gail! Pollinators must come from miles around to visit all your wonderful wildflowers.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Herbstsonne rudbeckia wonderful! It competes only with Joe Pye for height in our garden, and I'm so glad I let a nursery owner talk me into a few of his several years ago. Even with only about three hours of sun a day, they bloom fantastically here. I'm looking forward to seeing them, and the pollinators they attract, in a few more weeks.
Visiting your Zone 7 garden is like a preview of coming attractions in ours!
Your advocacy for native plants and pollinators makes a difference in the world - kudos!
Oh dear, oh dear, I've done it again! I was thinking WW was next (put italics there) Wednesday:( I just posted yesterday on another topic, but I'll join in on the fun in a day or two.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a pollinator party at your house, Gail; it almost makes me want to boogie a little myself:) Fantastic photos--love the butterfly on the liatris. You may have poorly drained clay soil, Gail, but you have certainly made the most of it and created a wonderful garden for all to enjoy.
Wonderful photos. I've added some wildflower images that I captured on a walk down by the bay last weekend.
ReplyDeleteGail your photos are wonderful as usual, I just wish the wind would let some of our flowers stay still long enough to get a decent photo, not that I can get the sort of close ups you do, thanks for hosting wildflower wednesdays, Frances
ReplyDeleteExquisit photos, Gail!
ReplyDeletePatsi gave me a hint to make my photos larger... but it didn't work. I "stretch" them while I'm posting. More work. Any hints for me?
Great shots Gail! Not sure if the bee on the Hydrangea will be able to take off with that pollen load. Happy Wildflower Wednesday.
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Shady/Kathy, 1. At the right hand corner of your blog page, you'll see a your gmail address, New Post, Design and Sign Out. Click on Design. On the left of the page~Look for Template Designer, click on it. Then you can go to Advanced to find Adjust width. You may have to move to a new template, but, that is so easy to do. But, in Adjust widths you can try out all the different widths to find the one you want. 2. I always use blogger in draft to write my blog posts~it allows one to choose photo sizes.
ReplyDeleteHope this helps,
gail
Your garden sure attract a lot of pollinators and your photos are superb!
ReplyDeleteWOWZA! Lovin' these close-ups. Such great pics. I saw a number of wildflowers on our horsie ride yesterday, must remember to participate in your cool meme... This week, I'll just enjoy all of these gorgeous native flowers. Happy WW Gail!!
ReplyDeleteI added my WW post to your linky. It's a good thing I put my post together a few days ago, I tried to add one last photo this morning, and Blogger won't let me.
ReplyDeleteThese are great pictures of pollinators. With my point and shoot, I can never get close enough for such good detail.
Love, love, love your theory. If more people embraced "gardening for their site" they would not get discouraged. I am still learning about my soil (very wonderful loamy topsoil for 6" then solid limestone and about 75% shade)... still in some trial and error phases. I am trying to take what was here naturally and learn from it, we have different plant "communities" on our site. So every garden on the property is going to be different.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! I especially love the one of the Swallowtail... Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeletelook at all the lovely wildflowers growing and all the pollinators who love them as much as we do...
ReplyDeleteGail, just bee-utiful! This is a terrific exercise - both the walking through the woods, and finding out what's there.
ReplyDeleteLove to see all the pollinators in your garden. It is inspirational!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite posts of the month. I always look forward to your amazing photos of bees and information on native plants.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers and pollinators! I'm sorry I had to miss my WW post this month...work and rainy weather got in the way.
ReplyDeleteYou take such great pictures of your pollinators. You're wise to have figured out what your garden wants to go and then run with it. The plants are happy, the pollinators are happy, and you're happy.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. enough said.
ReplyDeleteHi Gail,
ReplyDeleteI was planning on visiting your blog, because I wanted to see if you had any suggestions for how to lay out wildflowers for my site so it looks natural, and actually came here, but got sidetracked. Thanks for the grass suggestions. I am planning on going to a plant sale at our arboretum Friday. They had several panicums on the plant list, such as Prairie Wind, Dallas Blues, Shenandoa, and Northwind. I looked them up, and think I like Northwind the best. It doesn't seem to get quite as tall or spread as far as the others. I also want to get Rudbeckia Maxima, but on their list, it says it's not native. Have you grown that before? I have seen it growing here, and love it!
I enjoyed your post, and reading about the critters experiences with them. The photos were spectacular!
Oh, and I went to a local hardware store because I remembered they had some grey headed coneflowers, and wanted to see what grasses they had. I got a couple clumps of blue fescue, then looked and saw that's not what you had recommended. I already have a clump of a short grass that I have never divided. It may be the same thing I got this evening. I pulled a liatris out of it, and got a piece of it. I planted it, and it seems to be doing OK. I may put some of those around, too.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to take the 2 millet plants out and put them in a pot. They were supposed to get over 5 feet tall, but they are starting to bloom at 2 feet or so. I think I'll put the 'Northwind' grasses in those spots, and plant medium sized plants around them. Actually, there are aleady perennial wildflowers and/or natives near them that are supposed to get over 3 feet tall when they mature.
People have been telling me not to be so hard on myself. It's not me I'm being hard on. I"m just deciding I don't like some of the choices I made quickly just to have some flowers this year. I am thinking I want this to be almost a meadow, if that makes any sense. Some of the plants need more water than others, and I have 2 spots for those.
How keenly I feel the opposites of the seasons looking at your lovely summery garden! Monday eve I drove home from work and watched the sun set at 5.15; the next morning I watched it rise from the same ridge at 6.45. A 10 1/2hour mid-winter-day might not seem short to most people - but remember we don't make up for it in mid-summer either! Jack
ReplyDeleteYour photos are splendid! Thank you very much for hosting Wildflower Wednesday. I am begining to appreciate all the lovely wildflowers we have here.
ReplyDeleteI'm a day late, but I wrote a short post on what's blooming in (and flying over) the meadow this time of year.
ReplyDeleteWhat's Campanulastrum? I have to look that one up.
I think I like the photo of the skipper in the Stokesia best. It reminds me of a cup and saucer - perfectly matched.
beautiful pictures...:)
ReplyDeleteI think that you and I have the same sort of soil. I am so impressed with what you have grown in yours. Your photography is gorgeous and I love all the pollinators you have captured.
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time to join you, thank you for having me.
Don't fight the site is a mantra you have well learned. Loved your pictures!
ReplyDeleteTwenty four of us! Porterville used to be called Four and twenty rivers, but the farmers have 'sorted' that in the meantime. The river gets its bit, and farmer gets the vineyards. In the floodplain ;¬)
ReplyDeleteLooks like our little friends are still at it. Beautiful blooms.
ReplyDeleteHi Gail, I'm enjoying all the lively pollinators in my garden these days. Great photos of your boogieing bees.:)
ReplyDeleteI have all the same plants in my garden!! I also got tired of fighting with my clay and went native a while back. It just made sense! Ruellia hummilis, ruellia macropelata, and dalea purpurea should also do well for you.
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