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SUMMER 2025

Fleabane Daisies Sway in the Wind

Watching a looping video of Fleabane (Erigeron Annuus) flowers can't compare to the experience of seeing it in person. But a self conscious person need not worry about what passersby are thinking.

Heart shaped eastern red bud leaves and seed pods hang from tree branches.

Summer Green

The season's vivid flowers, fruit and vegetables get the spotlight.

Green is so abundant in summer; we forget it's a color, too. Notice the diverse shades, shapes and textures.

Long, thin common dogbane seed pods hang from leafy branches.

Small, white American pokeberry flowers bloom on a long stem.

eastern red cedar branches are densely packed with frosted blue berries.

Top, left to right: Glaucous green Black Locust (Robinia Pseudoacacia) leaves elegantly drape on thin branches. | Green seed pods of Eastern Redbud (Cericis Canadensis) hang between the always charming heart shaped leaves.

Bottom, left to right: Common Dogbane (Apocynum Cannabinum) seed pods look like haricort verts or fine French green beans. Except they're highly toxic. DO NOT EAT. | A loose cluster of Pokeberry's (Phytolacca Americana) simple white flowers among puckered leaves. | Frosted female Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana) Cones are crammed in between thin, scaly leaves. Round cones? Enigmatic. Regardless, they're a favorite of many native bird species.

Summer Solstice 2025

After a few bleak years, the wildflower meadow is alive with lush greenery, blooms and buzzing insects.

Top, left to right: Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) blooms. | A Queen Anne's lace (Daucus Carota) flower rises above a carpet of crown vetch (Securigera Varia). | A beetle visits a field daisy (Leucanthemum Vulgare) petal. | Fleabane (Erigeron divergens) flowers in white sprays.

Bottom, left to right: Common milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) buds, arranged like spheres of decorative beads. | Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) are beginning to flower and beckon bumble bees. | Alleghenny blackberries (Rubus Allegheniensis) can't ripen fast enough for the wildlife living in and around the meadow. | A creeping field thistle (Cirsium Arvense) seed head looks like a luxurious powder puff.

Queen Anne's lace blooms above a carpet of crown vetch.

A beetle rest on the petal of a field daisy.

Abundant fleabane flowers in a woodland clearing.

Spherical heads of milkweed flower buds.

A field of teasel flower heads beginning to bloom.

A cane of Allegheny blackberries in stages of ripeness.

A stem of creeping field thistle with flowers and seed head.

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