#monarda

[addicted2wasps]

I was requested to paint a small wooden box by a friend. It's not overly complicated, but I think it turned out alright.

[b4bphotography]

Monarda flower

A bit late in the season

[uxbridge]

Summer flowers are here

[forsythiahill]

Participated in the annual National Butterfly count today in Charlottesville, VA. Some gorgeous butterflies but numbers were absolutely down this year. Happy to see a few classics looking good. Monarch, Sulphur, and Spicebush Swallowtail.

[firstlawcedarprairie]

Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 30 July 2023

Union Terrace Gardens is a green space in Aberdeen’s city centre. It was originally opened in 1879, but the gardens were redesigned and reopened in December 2022. On a sunny terrace a pink flowered cultivar of Monarda (bee balm, bergamot, Oswego tea) was adding to the new display and was popular with pollinators.

Jill Raggett

[stephjacq]

Autumn in the garden

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Lamiaceae

Photograph taken on July 18, 2023, at Silver Creek Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada.

[faguscarolinensis]

Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine' / 'Raspberry Wine' Scarlet Beebalm at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[addicted2wasps]

It's that time of year where Hemaris start to make an appearance! They absolutely love Monarda!

[inthecityofgoodabode]

June 2024: Around The Garden

Friday's harvest:

The view from the seating area in the backyard garden:

Looks to the left:

Look to the right:

Our corn is starting to tassel:

Just a house sparrow taking a bath:

A running water feature is the second best thing you can put of to attract birds to your yard:

Saturday's harvest:

Adventures in dog walking - blurry bat photo edition. I think this is my best photo of a bat yet. Based solely on what bats are most common in our area, it is probably a Little Brown or a Tricolored bat (aka an Eastern Pipistrelle as they were formerly called... I still call them that because it is the common name I learned growing up & because I just enjoy saying "pipistrelle"):

[nncastle]

Macro shot of Jacob Kline Monarda. It's like a fairy crown.

[haveyougrownthisplant]

[starfragment1979]

First time outside in like a week, just a wobbly little stumble around my overgrown jungle of a yard.

Cup plant, sunflower, chickies, monarda, yarrow, pinks and goldenrod.

[wumbologyandecology]

A hummingbird clearwing moth collecting nectar from beebalm (Monarda didyma)

[wingedjewels]

Miss Phoebe sipping nectar!!! by Debbie Meader Via Flickr: Miss Phoebe, our resident Anna's Hummingbird, sipping nectar from our Bee Balm (Monarda)!