Looking back to summer bees. A #Honeybee lands on yellow blooms another hovers by coreopsis and one works the pink #JoePyeWeed with pollen on its face ๐Ÿ
#MacroPhotography #FlowerPhotography #Coreopsis #Pollination #Insect #Nature #CloseUp #CanonR5MarkII #AMIR2000NLPhotography
Winter is a good time to sort and review photos. I came across this one from July:

Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) with a few smaller Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) flower in the lower middle of the photo.

#wildflowers #summerwildflowers #wildflowermeadow #joepyeweed #bluevervain #simplersjoy

Found a broken stem of a Joe-Pye-Weed on a trail. I hope it takes root. I love this wildflower.

#propagating #JoePyeWeed #wildflower #WildflowersMA

Once again, I'm rooting for the rain to come through this weekend. But the #JoePyeWeed and other established #NativePlants just keep going, right through this drought. No watering needed. Joe's going to reach 6 ft soon. #NorthernIllinois #gardening
I know it's #Wrensday but it's hard to not notice a half a dozen bright yellow #goldfinches frolicking in #JoePyeWeed & #falseBlueIndigo because here in #NJ it looks like Mars outside due to the Canadian wildfires. The humans are all inside so the birdies are out and about. This is fine! #findingjoy #birdwatching
One #monarch visited this morning. Alas, the butterfly milkweed is not ready yet. (Pictured: #JoePyeWeed, #StiffGoldenrod, #ButterflyMilkweed, #CommonMountainMint) #NativePlants #NorthernIllinois #gardening

Another comparison:
May 7, 2022 vs May 7, 2023 (different angles though) #JoePyeWeed #StiffGoldenrod #ShowyGoldenrod #MountainMint

These are now 4 years old and should be bigger but #NorthernIllinois is definitely ahead of last year. (The Showy Goldenrod may be a no show due to human misunderstanding. โ˜น๏ธ) #Zone5b #gardening #NativePlants

The dwarf variety of native plant Joe Pye Weed is Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe' (Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed). It's still a robust perennial at 3-5' tall, but may be more suitable for home gardens than the 6-7' Joe Pye. This was one of five winners in the 2022 Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year Award, and the only native.

https://botgarden.uga.edu/conservation-science/pollinator-plant-program/

#NationalNativePlantMonth #NativePlants #UGA #plants #horticulture #biodiversity #BiodiversityGarden #JoePyeWeed #PollinatorPlants #gardening

Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year Program - UGA State Botanical Garden

What is the Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year Program?   The Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year program annually recognizes four top performing landscape plants that support pollinators and grow beautifully in a garden. Plants will be recognized and... Full story

UGA State Botanical Garden

My fam and I went to a corn maze but all I could see was the meadow next to it.

#nativeplants #goldenrod #monarchbutterfly #joepyeweed #eveningprimrose #easterndaisyfleabane #pollinators #meadows