The beautiful blossoms of these backyard native plants provide nectar and pollen for a wide variety of butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects. In turn, the insects are an essential source of food for baby birds. As a consequence, the summer garden is a lively place.
Images with an asterisk are available as blank note cards by contacting me. Cards are also sold locally at the Lexington Kentucky Arboretum and Good Foods Market & Café.
Pale Purple Coneflowers
Orange Coneflowers
Purple Milkweed and Monarch
Common Milkweed
Butterfly Weed
A July Garden Medley
* Passion Flower Vine
Bergamont and Sunflowers
Swamp Milkweed
Summer Garden Bouquet
Bee Balm and Coneflowers
Pipevine
Royal Catchfly
* Turk's Cap Lily
Buttonbush - Tawny Emperor