Botanical Summer #2

Summer is flying past. Ramlings have been sold. Fields to mow, sorting to be done. All in due time—as I figure out how to do it. In the meantime, look! Gorgeousness.Purple-headed sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum)

Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Venus’ Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata)

Goldenseal (Hydrastatis canadensis)

And for our bonus fauna, the gloriously patterned, super swanky Hypercompe scribonia:

Giant Leopard Moth