My #DragonLilies are developing new foliage & new stalks have sprouted. They're also known as vampire lily & voodoo lily; in Greece, they're known as #drakondia. #DracunculusVulgaris helps with attracting more pollinators in cultivated gardens with it's unpleasant rotting meat smell, when it flowers.

#gardening #plants #botanical #Spring #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #VictoriaBC #landscaping #green #perennials #lilies #VancouverIsland #CultivatedGarden #PollinatorGarden

Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)

Native nitrogen-fixer.
Explosive seed pods.
Built for poor soil and full sun.
Small flower. Big ecological job.

#NativePlants #PollinatorGarden #RegenerativeDesign #FlowersOnFriday

https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/chamaecrista-fasciculata/

White verbena doesn’t shout — it glows.

Tight clusters of five-petaled blooms, full sun, nonstop flowers from spring to frost, and butterflies lining up like it’s opening day.

Small plant. Serious performance. Verbena × hybrida https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/verbena-x-hybrida/ #pollinatorgarden

Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) isn’t just a flower — it’s a pollinator power plant.

Hummingbirds, native bees, butterflies — all fueled by one vivid red signal fire in midsummer.

#PollinatorGarden #NativePlants #PlantNative
Monarda didyma https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/monarda-didyma/

“Gravity of a Small Life”

Genre(s): Nature Photography

#photography
#nature #summer #naturelovers #yellowflowers #beephoto #pollinatorgarden #savethebees #goldenrod

“A bee gathering on purple coneflower” Prints, Products, and Gifts from Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography

http://DouglasEWelch.com/shop/49

http://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/11/23/a-bee-gathering-on-purple-coneflower-prints-products-and-gifts-from-douglas-e-welch-design-and-photography/

Capture the buzz of a summer garden with this charming macro photograph. The image centers on a vibrant Purple Coneflower (Echinacea), its soft lavender-pink petals drooping gracefully around the spiky, rusty-orange cone.

The real stars of the show are the two visitors sharing a moment: a fuzzy honeybee resting on the petals and a tiny hoverfly perched right next to it on the cone.

#outdoors #nature #plant #naturephotography #flowers #insect #bee #PurpleConeflower #Echinacea #Honeybee #PollinatorGarden #MacroPhotography #SummerGarden #InsectLife #FloralPhotography #PinkAndOrange #NatureLovers #SaveTheBees

I still have #calendula blooming 🙂

#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #flower #FallFlowers #botanical #November #garden #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #medicinal #PollinatorGarden #SilentSunday

#Footscray #FootscrayCommunityGardenAndLearningPlace #FCGALP #CommunityGarden
From the Footscray Community Garden & Learning Place Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122136992216404531/posts/122154674096404531

🐝💪🖤 garden’s looking good on a Wednesday evening, as per usual #bee #pollinatorgarden #communitygarden #spring #goldenhour