What's In Season Summer Waves of summer wildflowers begin to appear in June, especially in our meadow. The display of flowers and fruit is continually changing. You'll walk among richly colored flowers and dramatic native grasses. JuneJulyAugust Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Blue flag (Iris versicolor) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis) Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) with American Lady Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Juniper Hairstreak on Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum sp.) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa) Purple-Fowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) Smooth Azalea (Rhododendron arborescens) Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum) Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) Photo: Jean Barrell Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) White beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Photo: Jean Barrell Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) with Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) with Tawny-edged Skipper, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) Hoary Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum incanum) Joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium fistulosum) with butterflies – Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, Peck’s Skippers, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Lizard’s Tail (Saururus cernuus) Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens) New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) with Tiger Swallowtail and Bee, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Short-toothed Mountain-mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) with Variegated Fritillary, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Shrubby St. John’s wort (Hypericum prolificum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) with Eastern Comma, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Three-leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba) Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) with Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Wild Senna (Senna hebecarpa) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Eastern Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida) Grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) with Red-banded Hairstreak, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Green-headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) with American Copper and Bumble Bee, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Hyssop-leaved boneset (Eupatorium hyssopifolium) with Skipper, Photo: Mary Anne Borge Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Purple-top (Triodia flava) River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) Hummingbird Clearwing Moth with Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata) Swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Pearl Crescents on Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Thin-leaved sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus) Photo: Mary Anne Borge Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
