Wednesday, June 15, 2011

June Blooms

...and butterflies!

For some reason, I have more Great Spangled Frittilary butterflies this year than I've ever had before.  Perhaps it's because I left some of their host plants, native violets, undisturbed this year.  I don't know where all of these Fritillaries are laying their eggs (I still haven't seen a larva), but they're obviously pleased with my garden!  Count how many you see in the photos below..

Milkweeds...


Yarrows...


Coneflowers...





I over-planted lettuce this year and now that it's started to 
bloom, I think it's too pretty to take out of the garden...

Fritillary Count...   11


To see more photos of June blooms, visit May Dreams Gardens.

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