Tendrils

Category: Attracts many pollinators

  • Great Spangled Fritillary On Common Milkweed

    June 20, 2026 Yesterday Great Spangled Fritillaries (Speyeria cybele) and several species of bees were found on a patch of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) up here. Oh, what a fragrance those flowers have! That scent must be an invitation to pollinators all around, a plea perhaps, to come drink the nectar and help spread the…

  • Butterfly

    Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) attracts many pollinators. This one, a Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia). ________________________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!

  • Red And Green

    Red And Green

    Celebrating autumn early. A small tree that I depend on to create the colors of the season. Not many but enough to know what is coming. Red and green. A few of the leaves of Winged Sumac (Rhus copallina) jump ahead of other leaves starting the color change. A tree that enchants me, not only…