The bumblebees are very happy with the Hyssop flowers this morning!

There is also a much smaller pollinator resting on a tiny purple hyssop flower in the lower right.

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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.

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The pollinator circle was cleaned up. I think the rudbeckia hirta won't grow back except from seed after it's second winter.. I might fill that slice in with one of the perennials. Not easy to plug seedlings in there when it's full of bloom in the late summer and I'm not sure a spring planting will go 2 years if it blooms the 1st. The hyssop, purple coneflower, and bergamot are growing.

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Mostly rudbeckia hirta with the anise hyssop, purple coneflower, and bergamot bee balm around it. The rudbeckia was planted in exactly one fifth of the circular bed.

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I grew this Anise Hyssop (#Agastache foeniculum) from seed. It was fairly tame the first two years, but it really took over this summer. In fact, it has crowded out a significant chunk of the Wild Bergamot! It is drought-tolerant (I haven’t watered it since the first year - low maintenance! 😁) and it attracts tons of pollinators.

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This rudbeckia is a bit unruly.

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A mix of black-eyed Susan's and Purple coneflowers with some bee balm and anise hyssop too.

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