SUMMER GARDEN FLOWERS
Here are some flowers in my garden. Clockwise: Shasta Daisy, yellow Osteospermum, Firewheel Blanket flower, Echinacea with purple Veronica flowers in background.
NATIONAL HONEY BEE DAY
Today is National Honeybee Day in the U.S. This is a day of awareness for these important pollinators and creators of honey. Here is one in my garden, they love purple flowers…
GREAT SOUTHERN WHITE
Great Southern White butterflies have a distinct white with black zigzag on the upper edge of their forewing. They can be found along the Gulf, parts of the Southwest and Florida in the United States. Mustard are the host plant for the caterpillar. I saw these at the Arboretum of Flagstaff in the butterfly house.
SHORTSTEM LUPINE
Shortstem Lupine are low growing wildflowers that are found in dry southwest areas with sagebrush, joshua trees, pinyon-juniper trees, or coniferous woodlands. The flowers are small with blue-purple tone and the leaves are palmate. I found these in a mountain meadow area in northern Arizona.
