More Native Plantings

This week Josie is doing a nature day camp at a nearby location, so I am taking her in the morning (9 am) and picking her up in the afternoon (2:45 pm.) As it happened, I also had a physical therapy appointment at 10 to work on my wonky right knee and impaired balance. So what to do with the morsel of time between 9 and 10?

The library was the obvious answer. Not for books but to take advantage of the morning light and the wonderful native plantings. Like the Milkweed above. (We have a lot of milkweed in our pastures but not always as accessible as this.)

I nelieve this yellow flower is Hypericum.

And I feel I should know the name of this purple beauty--I've had in my garden in the past. Is it Centaurea?(is it a native?)

Beautiful blooming yucca.

The Purple Coneflowers one of my favorites--but my picture is disappointing--trying to capture the butterfly -- a Spangled Fritillary?

And a lovely Flame Azalea (below.) We have a few wild ones that survive in our woods but the half dozen I've planted over the years have all perished, alas.

It was a pleasant way to spend a half an hour before submitting to the PT session and the very young woman who was quite inventive (and a little merciless) in finding ways to stretch and otherwise challenge my right leg.

I'll let Josie tell a bit about the camp in a later post.