Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF MID SUMMER 2015, 5 by Loretta_NJ

Loretta_NJ wrote:
SSG, I have a lens that zooms in manually so I don't have to be that close. That helps a lot. I also keep trying. I miss a lot of them too.

Speaking of butterflies, do any of you have any monarchs this year? When do they usually appear? I have a ton of milkweed and I haven't seen a single one yet. This is the first year tropical milkweed self sowed all over the place plus I started some from seed and I was hoping for some cats.

AND... I usually get black swallowtails early in the season but I haven't seen any of those either. I have fennel, dill and rue which they always liked before.

1. Tropical Milkweed finally blooming
2. Mountain Mint with unknown tiny butterfly
These hydrangea pics are a couple weeks old but the plants still look pretty much the same so why take new pics yet?
3. Bobo - first year, tiny but covered in bloom for a while now. Try to ignore the crabgrass. It isn't in a proper bed yet.
4. Snowflake
5. Unique