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Early July in my yard 1. Bombus perplexus on Hairy Early July in my yard
1. Bombus perplexus on Hairy Wood-Mint (Blephilia hirsuta) * the bees just live this!!
2. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus) on Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) *
3. Canada Wildrye (Elymus canadensis) *
4. Ok there’s a murder going on here 😊 Not actually sure how many crows constitute a murder…
5. Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum)* this volunteered in my meadow. I liked the way it looks
6. Chickadee at the birdbath 💕
7. Heartleaf Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata) Native to PA and south 
8. Little glassywing (Vernia verna)
9. Geranium Rozanne (Geranium Rozanne)
10. Rough Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) *
11. Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele) on Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) *
12. Chestnut longhorn beetle (Judolia cordifera)
13. Some type of Banded grass skipper (Subtribe Hesperiina)
14. Beebalm (Monarda didyma ‘Marshall’s Delight’)*
15. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)* is going crazy in my meadow, so pretty!
16. Spine-headed bug (Acanthocephala terminalis)
17. Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Astra Pink’)
18. Spotted joe pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) *
19. Common evening-primrose (Oenothera biennis) *
20. Northern hammertail (Efferia aestuans)
Late June, early July garden sights 1. Black-eyed Late June, early July garden sights
1. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) * first of many starting in my native meadow 💕
2. Robin enjoying my pond
3. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) *
4. Comb-clawed beetle (Capnochroa fuliginosa)
5. Red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
6. Black cohosh/ Bugbane (Actaea racemosa) *
7. Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) *
8. Virginia Stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) * volunteer in my garden
9. Hosta
10. Cleome
11. Cabbage white (Pieris rapae)
12. Mad dog skullcap (Scutellaria laterifolia) *
13. White meadowsweet (Spiraea alba) *
14. Tall white-aster (Doellingeria umbellata) *
15. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)* color variation, there is a whole range of how much extra brown is on the yellow petals
16. Common liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) *
17. Two-spotted bumblebee (Bombus bimaculatus) on Hairy Wood-Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)* the bumblebees love this!!
18. Dragon fly on black-eyed Susan
19. Red-banded leaf hopper (Graphocephala coccinea) love the colors on these!
20. Goldfinch enjoying the waterfalls
Last fall I converted part of my lawn into a flowe Last fall I converted part of my lawn into a flowering lawn. It hasn’t flowered yet, put it seems that bunnies like it better than my garden so that’s a big win in my book. Enjoy the clovers bun bun 💕
Late June in my garden (*=native) 1. Asiatic Lily Late June in my garden (*=native)
1. Asiatic Lily (Lillium ‘Rosella’s Dream’)
2. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)*
3. Robin enjoying a bath in the waterfall
4. Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica ‘Little Redhead’)* outdoing itself this year!!
5. Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)*
6. male Winterberry (Ilex Verticillata ‘Southern Gentleman’)*
7. Hairy Wood-Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)* Bees love this!!
8. White meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)* first year blooming 💕
9. Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Thomas Killen’)
10. Astilbe (Astilbe chinensis ‘Visions Inferno’)
11. American goldfinch enjoying a drink at the pond
12. Asiatic Lily (Lillium ‘Patricia’s Pride’)
13. Swamp azalea (Rhododendron viscosum ‘Framingham’)* this smells so good!
14. Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
15. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)*
16. Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)*
17. Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile) Volunteer showed up in my native meadow…to keep or pull?
18. Short-tailed aphid eater (Eupeodes pomus)* larva
19. Stokes Aster (Stokesia laevis ‘Blue Danube’)*
20. Abelia (Abelia chinensis ‘Ruby Anniversary’)
Morning visitor! Watch out little bunnies 😊 Morning visitor! Watch out little bunnies 😊
Views in my garden mid June (*=native) 1. Common w Views in my garden mid June (*=native)
1. Common white cheeked jumping spider on Peony
2. Inkberry Holly (Ilex glabra) *
3. Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa) *
4. clematis (Clematis ‘Niobe’) 
5. Purple-flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus) *
6. Fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia) *
7. Rose Campion (SIlene coronaria aka Lychnis coronaria)
8. Cardinal
9. Tadpoles getting bigger 😊
10. Green frog sitting in waterfall
11. Cornflower (Centaurea montana) 
12. Black-edged Dichomeris Moth
13. Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica ‘Little Redhead’)
14. Nasturtium
15. Goat’s beard (Aruncus dioicus) *
16. Hairy Wood-Mint (Blephilia hirsuta) *
17. Yellow Daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus)
18. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) *
19. Tiger Lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
20. Feverfew (Tanacetum Parthenium)
Early June in my gardens (* = native) 1. Rosa ‘N Early June in my gardens (* = native)
1. Rosa ‘Neptune’
2. Maltese Cross (Lychnis chalcedonia)
3. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ‘Laced Up’)
4. female Winterberry (Ilex Verticillata ‘Red Sprite’) *
5. Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia ‘Minuet’)
6. Gray Tree frog (Hyla versicolor) * These frogs sing every night and I finally was able to get a picture of one
7. Knotweed (Persicaria affinis ‘Superba’)
8. European harvestman (Phalangium opillo) I think?
9. Mophead Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)- I’ve had this for nearly 8 years and it’s finally going to bloom!
10. More tadpoles to come!
11. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) *
12. Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata ‘Spintop Copper Sun’)
13. Beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Plump & Plentiful Purple Giant’)
14. Tall meadow rue (Thalictrum pubescens) *
15. Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) *
16. Blue-ridge Buckbean (Thermopsis villosa) *
17. Squirrel tail grass (Hordeum jubatum) *
18. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
19. Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
20. Ruby-throated hummingbird
Outing with friends to Lake Chauncy to check on Ea Outing with friends to Lake Chauncy to check on Eastern Kingbird’s nest. Also saw this beautiful red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis ssp. astyanax) fluttering about in the parking lot. You should have seen us trying to get it to go back on the grass so it wouldn’t get run over…😁. Thanks @wrightpixphotos  for the invite!
Pond flora and fauna and sad news. Found one of my Pond flora and fauna and sad news. Found one of my pair of green frogs dead in the pond last night 😢 It did not appear to be injured so not sure why it died, but I buried it next to the waterfall. RIP little froggy (all natives)
1. Awlfruit Sedge (Carex stipata)
2. Common bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens)
3. Soft Rush (Juncus effusus) 
4-5. Green frogs
Early June in my garden (* = native) 1. Rosa ‘Li Early June in my garden (* = native)
1. Rosa ‘Livin’ Easy’ (Rosa ‘Livin’ Easy’)
2. Rosa ‘Earth Angel’ (Rosa ‘Earth Angel’)
3. Sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) *
4. Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)* It’s leaves are huge!!
5. Mock Orange (Philadelphus Lewisii ‘Blizzard’), smells so good!
6. Rosa ‘Carefree Beauty’ (Rosa ‘Carefree Beauty’)
7. Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis ) *
8. Coreopsis
9. Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia ‘Minuet’)
10. Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia chinensis) *
11. Peony
12. Clematis ‘Niobe’
13. Tree Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Kamata Nishiki’), root stock bloom
14. Marginal Calligrapher on previous peony
15. Fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia) *
16. Tree trunk of redbud tree that died over winter 😢. Planted native Monarda around it *
17. Lavender
18. Catmint
19. American lady caterpillar *
20. Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) *
More scenes from my yard late May early June (* = More scenes from my yard late May early June (* = native)
1. Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum) *
2. Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
3. Rhododendron
4-5. Peony
6. Green frog * hunkered down in some mulch by my pond
7. Sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) *
8. Peony, this is the rootstock blooming from a tree peony, well after the top part (red) stopped blooming
9, 17. Bearded Iris
10. Siberian iris
11. Northern beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) *
12. Common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) *
13. Eastern hayscented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) *, native but very aggressive, trying to remove from my garden
14. Daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus) *, a volunteer in my garden
15. Zabulon skippers (Lon zabulon) *
16. Azalea, some kind of late blooming variety, came with the house
18. Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) *
19. A empty birds nest that fell in my garden
20. Canada Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) *, this volunteered in my new meadow and gets to stay :)
Yard and garden scenes mid to late May (* = native Yard and garden scenes mid to late May (* = native)

1. Azalea sawfly (Nematus lipovskyi) eating the leaves on Pinxterbloom azalea
2. Shallow sedge (Carex lurida) *
3. Awlfruit sedge (Carex stipata) *
4. Verbena hybrid ‘Lanai red’
5. Calibrachoa hybrids ‘chameleon blueberry scone’
6. Fairy fan-flower (Scaevola aemula ‘Bombay dark blue improved’)
7. Torenia hybrid ‘yellow moon’
8. Rhododendron
9-10. Bearded iris
11. Woodland stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) *
12. Hen and chicks (Sempervivum tectorum)
13. Some kind of tadpole. They have since seemed to have disappeared…😢
14. Some kind of backswimmer
15. Deutzia yuki ‘cherry blossom’
16. Honeysuckle * and clematis pair on obelisk
17. Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) * smells fantastic!
18. Eastern chipmunk (Tamias stratus) on my front porch *
19. Green water in pond, since been remediated with aeration 💕
20. Native Meadow growth. Lots of black-eyed Susan’s so far, lupine, partridge pea, pink corydalis, boneset, monarda also seen coming. Still waiting on others. Been removing known weeds slowly…
Scenes from walk at Mill Pond 1. Maple-leaf viburn Scenes from walk at Mill Pond
1. Maple-leaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
2. Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
3. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) sitting on nest 💕
4. Indian cucumber (Medeola virginiana)
5. Pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
6. Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) lifer!!
Went out to help plant some native plants at Gilmo Went out to help plant some native plants at Gilmore Pond and saw these beauties as well (* = native)

1. Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) *
2. Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) *
3. Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) *
4. Ground ivy(Glechoma hederacea)
5. Ragged-robin (Silene flos-cuculi)
6. Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) *
7. Green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) *
8. Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata) * 
9. Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) * I don’t usually see ones this light in color
10. Pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) *
Last week in my garden 💕 (natives have *) 1. Az Last week in my garden 💕 (natives have *)
1. Azalea, not sure what kind, was here when we moved in 20 years ago.
2. Pinxterbloom azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) * love both of these, they small so nice!
3. Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) *
4. Columbine volunteer, not sure where it came from, maybe Yellow columbine (Columbine flavescens)
5. Goldflame honeysuckle (Lonicera X heckrotti ’Goldflame’)
6. Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens ‘Manifich’) *
7. Eastern Cottontail, sampling my new meadow, hope some of it is sedges that I seeded and not mostly grass…
8. Iris 
9. Salvia
10. Rhododendron
11. Eastern red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) * this one volunteered in my front garden. I have some I planted in back. Happy to see it moving about!
12. Tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Kamala Nishiki’) It is huge!
13. Carolina crane’s-bill (Geranium carolinianum) * this volunteered in my back garden. It can stay if it doesn’t try to take over :)
14. Clematis ‘Multi Blue’. This is growing on obelisk with trumpet honeysuckle and makes a nice pair
15. Red sandspurry (Spergularia rubra). Found this little one growing in my meadow, it doesn’t belong.
16. Frog eggs in my pond! Hope I get tadpoles
17. Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)* possible parent of aforementioned eggs, but I’ve heard peepers and gray tree frog out there as well
18. False indigo (Baptista ‘Lemon Meringue’)
19. Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) *
20. Blue star (Amsonia hubrichtii)
Visit to Garden in the woods! Love all the differe Visit to Garden in the woods! Love all the different plants I see each time.
1. Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum)
2. Creeping Phlox (Phlox stolonifera)
3. Foam flower (Tiarella cordifolia)
4. Star chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
5. Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
6. Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
7. Royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
8. Yellow Lady’s slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
9. Black Cherry leaf gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena)
10. Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
11. Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum)
12, 13. Shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia)
14. Field Horsetail (Equisetaum arvense)
15. Starflower (Lysimachia borealus)
16. Plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
17. Woodland stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
18. Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
Last weekend hike with my husband at Whitehall res Last weekend hike with my husband at Whitehall reservoir 
1. Canada mayflower (Mannheim canadense)
2. Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
3. Pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
4. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
5. Oak galls
6. Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
7. Common blue violet (Viola sororia)
8. Red Osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
9. Bronze jumping spider (Eris militaris)
10. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) it was just hovering over the reservoir. My camera ran out of battery so I took with my phone
11. Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), I think?
12. Mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)
Early May in my yard and neighborhood trails (* = Early May in my yard and neighborhood trails (* = native)

1. Tree peony
2. Northern maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) *
3. Sweet Woodruff (Gallium odoratum)
4. Bloody Crane’s-bill (Geranium sanguineum)
5. Dutchman’s Britches (Dicentra cucullaria) *
6. Azalea
7. Iris
8-10 from neighborhood trail. So happy to see a white baneberry!
8. White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) *
9. Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) *
10. Nodding Trillium (Trillium cerium) *
11. Mining bee on Zizia *
12. Shallow sedge (Carex lurida) *
13. Awlfruit sedge (Carex stipata) *
14. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ‘Laced Up’)
15. Sweetshrub (Calycanthus ‘Venus’)
16. Gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) * so glad to find it hiding in the pump enclosure in my pond. It picked up the coloring of the fake rock perfectly. They have been very vocal but hard to find. 🐸
Last weeks garden blooms Last weeks garden blooms Last weeks garden blooms

Last weeks garden blooms (* = native)
1. Jacob's ladder (Polemonium yezoense 'Purple Rain')
2. Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum 'Multiplex') *
3. Eastern red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) *
4. Golden ragwort (Packera aurea) *
5. Tree Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
6. Bird's-eye Pearlwort (Sagina procumbens) * volunteer
7. Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia 'Raspberry Splash')
8. Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum 'Royal Velvet Distinction')
9. Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis) *
10. Northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) * first time blooming :)
11. Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) *
12. Pink Columbine (Columbine spp)
13. Foamy Bells (Heucherella 'Pink Fizz')
14. Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) *
15. Compact Cranberry Bush VIburnum (Viburnum trilobum "Bailey Compact") *
16. Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens 'Manifich') *
17. Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) - in a pot so it doesn't spread!
What king of frogs are singing at my pond? What king of frogs are singing at my pond?
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