Picturebook - Summer 1997 Also see: Picturebook - Spring 1997. FALL 1996 Pictures. Click on any image to see a larger view. September 20 The last of the wildflowers are blooming. Goldenrod Solidago sp. White Snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum Wingstem Actinomeris alternifolia July 25 The orange Touch-Me-Not has really started blooming and some colorful butterflies are wandering in the wildflowers. The Monkeyflower popped up next to the deck steps in back. Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Jewelweed) Impatiens capensis Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Sharp-Winged Monkeyflower Mimulus alatus Aug 16 First a Ruby Throated Hummingbird without the ruby throat. A young one perhaps? Next is Butterflyweed grown from Burpee seeds, and finally some Monarch caterpillars eating on a Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata grown from local seeds, still in a container. I hope they have enough plant to eat! Young Ruby-throated Hummingbird? Archilochus colubris Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa Monarch Caterpillar Danaus plexippus July 19, 1997 Some pictures of NJ Tea seeds, the path through the wildflowers, and the Sourwood tree I have in a large pot on the deck. Also pictures of wildflowers in bloom on the 19th. New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus Wildflower Path Sourwood blooms Oxydendrum arboreum Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Dense Blazing-Star Liatris spicata

June 30, 1997 Now the wildflowers are really starting to take off. A hummingbird has been visiting the Monarda every evening about 15 minutes before sunset. Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' Monarda didyma Orange Coneflower (BES) Rudbeckia ? Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Pale Touch-me-not (Jewelweed) Impatiens pallida New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' Monarda didyma June 19, 1997 Some pictures from the frontyard... Virginia Sweetspire 'Henry's Garnet' Itea virginica "" Inkberry 'Shamrock' Ilex glabra June 16, 1997 Some more wildflower pictures. We planted the Nodding Pink Onion seeds in fall 1995 and this is the first to bloom. Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Lance-Leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Nodding Pink Onion Allium cernuum June 11, 1997 Here are 2 grasses and the first Purple Coneflower bloom of the year. The Dropseed was purchased as plants last year. The Bluestem I grew from seed and transplanted last fall. All the transplants lived and seem to be doing well. Prairie (Northern) Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Here are 2 more wildflowers and the blooms of a rose that the previous owner planted. Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata Lance-Leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Garden Rose Unknown June 15 These pictures were taken over the last couple of days. I planted the Eastern Wahoo in the back last year, the Blue-eyed Grass planted itself under the River Birch in front, and the Shumard Oak I planted in back this spring. The picture of the Shumard does not capture how bright red the new shoots are. Eastern Wahoo bloom Euonymus atropurpureus Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium sp. Shumard Oak, new shoots Quercus shumardii