Goldenrod is a late flowering plant and attracts a lot of insect pollinators. It is the preferred flower of the Locust Borer.
Category Archives: Flowers
Surprise Lily Row
Always seems like a surprise when these lilies pop up in late summer.
Wild Carrots Rolling Hills
Wild Carrots grow when the pastures are overgrazed. Their deep taproots bring up a lot of nutrients and help the pasture become healthier, and the pasture actually looks more beautiful while under the biomass of carrots.
Staghorn Sumac Attracts Pollinators
The flowers on the Staghorn Sumac(Rhus typhina) are attracting a lot of insects now.
Iris Flower Garden
The Iris garden was full of flowers this Spring. A lot of different colors are mixed together.
Golden Bleeding Heart and White Bleeding Heart
There are a couple other bleeding hearts in the woods besides the one I mentioned in this blog. The Gold Bleeding Heart has the same colored flowers as the common Bleeding Heart, but with attractive golden leaves. The White Bleeding Heart has different colored flowers that are white instead of pink.
Variegated Plants
I have a lot of variegated plants growing on my Oasis. Variegated Vinca also has attractive purple blooms. Variegated Petasites has large leaves and likes a lot of moisture. This Forsythia is variegated and very yellow, too. The Tri-colored European Beech(Fagus) is one of the most attractive trees in spring, though the tips burn some […]
Variegated Four-O-Clock Flowers
Four-O-Clock flowers are naturally beautiful. The variegated Four-O-Clock flowers are even more stunning.
Flowering Pomegranate
I have been growing a Pomegranate in a pot for the past few years. Lately it has been flowering with a lot of blooms.
Many Chinese Catalpa Blooms
The Chinese Catalpa has smaller flowers than the Northern Catalpa. This Catalpa(Catalpa ovata) tree does flower sooner in life than the Northern Catalpa though.