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Pollinator plant bed update. The purple coneflowers and bergamot bee balm have started to bloom The anise hyssop has had flowers for a week or so. There are still giant pansies and Johnny jump ups blooming and lots of blue borage and calendula getting flowers.

#PollinatorPlants #EchinaceaPurpurea #MonardaFistulosa #AgastacheFoeniculum #calendula #BeeBalm #borage #ViolaTricolor #ViolaFlower #PurpleConeflower #hyssop #flowers #BloomScrolling #PurpleFlowers #PinkFlowers #YellowFlowers #BlueFlowers

A purple coneflower that has pink petals and looks sorta like a daisy except it's 4 feet in the air.

Bee balm flower, monarda, that is pink in color. It has spiky petals in a cluster. The background is 95% bee balm foliage.

Several flower stalks of anise hyssop. The flowers are purple in color. The plant leaves look like mint or catnip. It smells like licorice.. or anise.

Two deep yellow calendula flowers, yellow pansies, dark purple pansies, blue borage, strawberry plants, yellow/white/purple viola tricolors, a hazel sapling, some small eastern europe type sage, many things really.

here's some more: bee balm just beginning its month(s) of bloom

#Plants #BeeBalm #Monarda

singular pink flower blossom of bee balm. the blossom is a cluster of fully open and opening smaller trumpet-like flowers whose color ranges from dark pink near its center to light pink-white at its ends. the leaves of the plant are serrate and spear-shaped

Looking shaggy
Nikon F5 + 50mm Nikkor + Lomo Kino Berlin
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#believeinfilm #bw #plants #photography #beebalm #monarda

Took some time away from work today to get the #SwampMilkweed & #BeeBalm in the ground, ahead of the horrible 90-101F 10 day forecast coming our way. Added some mulch to try and keep them from drying out too much. Hopefully these will bring some more #pollinators to our #garden!

#gardening #milkweed #bees #butterflies #hummingbirds

A fenced outdoor area features a large brown tarp laid on the ground, with a few small stones scattered across it. A green bucket sits on one side, and there is grass and some foliage around the edges. A wooden fence and grassy yard are visible.

A backyard scene featuring a patch of sparse grass and soil, bordered by a wooden fence and a chain-link fence. There are green plants and a blue bucket on one side, with stone pathways and pebbles visible in the lower right corner.

A garden area with several small plants in black pots arranged on a bare patch of soil. A chain-link fence borders the space, and there's a grassy section with stones along the pathway. The background features a wooden fence and residential buildings.

A fenced garden area with freshly mulched soil and several young plants sprouting. The background includes a wooden fence, grassy patches, and a stone pathway leading to a gravel area. A blue container is visible near the fence.

#BeeBalm & #SwampMilkweed waiting to go into the ground, but not waiting to flower!

#garden #gardening #bees #pollinators

A close-up of a plant with green leaves and small clusters of pink flowers in a natural outdoor setting.

A close-up of a green plant with bright green leaves and buds, set against a blurred background of additional greenery. The focus is on the budding growth.

Kind of like honeycomb

#Winter #BeeBalm #BloomScrolling #Gardening #Flowers #Florespondence

Closeup of dried beebalm from above, in the winter. The petals are all gone, leaving a dense, circular cluster of hexagonal flower parts where each flower ray used to be. There is a gentle dusting of snow on the flower and the background is blurred out white snow.

Flowers from summer 2023

#BloomScrolling #Gardening #Flowers #Florespondence #Rudbeckia #RoseCampion #BeeBalm

A clump of several bright yellow flowers with dark centers, and around them little spots of deep pink flowers, and just a few pale purple wild beebalms in the mix. It is vibrant with bright green foliage all around.

From a couple of weeks ago. As part of making time for myself, I would wander around the garden and check on the flowers. #prairieinthegarden #river #mississippi #beebalm #healinggarden

A cluster of native bee balm flowers, with a few yellow blooms scattered in, out of focus river and trees in the background

Great Black Digger Wasp and Two-Spotted Bumble Bees

After photographing butterflies in the meadow on this trip to Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve on 20 July 2024, I suggested to Bhavna that we leave the meadow and go to the new pond to look for dragonflies. As we leisurely walked back through the meadow to the car, I noticed a Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus).

At the time when I took the photographs, I did not know what kind of bees and wasps these were or what flowers they were on. All were identified later when I uploaded [...]

https://islandinthenet.com/two-spotted-bumble-bee/

Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

Silver-spotted Skipper at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve

Several minutes after Bhavna spotted an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, another butterfly caught my eye in the meadow at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Among the wildflowers, I noticed a fluttering motion. Instinctively, I reached for my Fuji X-T3, eager to capture the moment.

I focused the heavy XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR lens on a butterfly I could now see up close. Its dark brown wings featured a prominent white or silver spot on the hindwing. The forewings had small orange spots. I [...]

https://islandinthenet.com/silver-spotted-skipper/

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

Bumblebees on bee balm in my garden. #Gardening #Zone5 #Bumblebee #BeeBalm #BloomScrolling

Three bumblebees on the last of the pale pink bee balm blossoms in my garden.

Monarda citriodora (also called Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint) blooming in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on June 11, 2024

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Jun17_birds_and_cats/2024jun11_monarda_IMG_0352c.html

#wildflower #Monarda #beebalm #nativeplants #Oklahoma #prairie #naturephotography #photography

Monarda citriodora wildflower (also called Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint) blooming among native prairie grasses and other wildflowers in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on June 11, 2024. It is known for its sweet smell. The flowers appear in tiers with stem between.

The view of the front garden from the guest bedroom. #Gardening #Zone5 #BeeBalm #GiantHyssop #Echinacea #Rudbeckia #Hydrangea #Maple #Tomatoes #WildGrasses

A view of my front garden. In the foreground are Bee Balm, Giant Hyssop, and Echinacea. In the background are Black-eyed Susans, Hydrangea, a Maple tree, and tomatoes in one of my raised beds. At the edge of the photo, bhind the wild grasses in the meadow are the woods, made up of mostly pines.

The yellow bumblebee, Bombus fervidus on the bee balm.

#BergamotBeeBalm #BeeBalm #Bombus #BombusFervidus #BumbleBee #bees #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee #NativeBee #NativePollinators #pollinators #MastodonOnly

A large bumblebee on a bee balm that has a few pink petals left on it. The bee is yellow and black and furry with dark black translucent wings and a black stripe across it's thorax from wing to wing.

A pair of American Goldfinches eating from the Bee Balm seed heads in my garden. #Gardening #Zone5 #Monarda #BirdWatching #BeeBalm #Goldfinch #AmericanGoldfinch

A male and female American Goldfinch each perched on Bee Balm stalks foraging for seeds. The female is olive colored with black markings on the wings. The male is bright gold with a black toupee. The Bee Balm seeds are among their favorite foods.

Bombus huntii on the Bergamot bee balm this morning.

#insects #bumblebee #BombusHuntii #bee #bombus #BeeBalm #BergamotBeeBalm #MonardaFistulosa #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee #NativeBee #NativePollinators #pollinators #July28 #MastodonOnly

A cropped closeup photo of a medium sized bumblebee on a pink flower. The bee is black and yellow, with translucent black wings and had a very prominent orange stripe on two segments of it's abdomen with a leading and trailing yellow stripe. The bumblebee is very furry.

My back garden! Phlox has joined the bee balm.

#BloomScrolling #Gardening #Flowers #Florespondence #BeeBalm #Phlox

A profusion of purple tall phlox and bright red bee balm growing along a red brick garage. There are flowers and green foliage everywhere. The paths are completely overgrown.

Bombus nevadensis loves the bergamot bee balm.

#bumblebee #bee #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee #bombus #BombusNevadensis #MonardaFistulosa #BeeBalm #gardening #garden #insects #PollinatorPlants #BergamotBeeBalm #MastodonOnly

A large bumblebee on a pink petaled flower. It is hanging upside down on the right side of the flower. The bee is yellow and black with dense fur.

Some flowers from my garden for your viewing pleasure (one more pic in the comments)

(btw I thought the flowers in the 3rd picture were from a bee balm plant, but it’s an actually Rocky Mountain Bee Plant! Maybe that is still the same thing, I have no idea.)

(Edit: On 2nd thought, I really have no idea if it’s bee balm or bee plant. Whatever it is, I love it.)

#BloomScrolling #Gardening #Roses #Hosta #RockyMountainBeePlant #BeeBalm #BlueFlax #DayLily #FlowersOfMastodon #JennyBookmarkGardening