In August the Jack in the Pulpit fruit ripens.
Animals help spread this woodland plant.
Past and Present
The Ironweed in the photo below has the old flower stalk still attached, while producing new flowers this year.
Ironweed is of the Vernonia genus and is a hardy and tough plant.
Caterpillar Tattoos
Hydrangea Flowers
Flowers on the Hydrangea Bush are attractive to the eye and also to insects.
Hoptree Flowers
Hoptree appears to be flowering.
Though this tree, also known as the Wafer Ash, it entangled with a Morning Glory vine.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers don’t always do good, but this year the harvest has been great because of the heavy rainfall.
Green King Hybrid Elm
The Green King Hybrid Elm was planted 10 years ago, back in spring of 2004.
This hybrid tree has grown fast, even though early on it had some bark stripped off the trunk by goats.
Grapevine Spotlight
I routinely have to cut back vines on my windbreak trees, such as this wild grapevine on my Blue Spruce(Picea pungens).
The birds deposit a lot of seeds and the ground it littered with many small trees and vines.
Golden White Poplar
Golden White Poplar is easy to notice among the green foliage that surrounds it.
Grasshopper Versus Tree Dahlia
Grasshoppers are everywhere this year.
This plague of insects has frequently been seen on the Tree Dahlias. Tree Dahlias are not hardy here and have to be dug up every fall and replanted in the spring. So far they have not flowered in our climate.