I planted extra parsley in the herb garden in hopes that it would attract Black Swallowtail butterflies - it worked! What beautiful babies they make! Happy #LaborDay 🇺🇸 #SaveButterflies 🦋

Dinner plate sized hibiscus - ‘Valentine’s Crush’. Blue, blue sky - summer day. Could you ask for more? 🩷 #Nature

It’s my birthday - and I had this lovely Spicebush Swallowtail come visit me in my garden. Couldn’t have asked for a better gift! #Butterflies 🦋 #Pollinators

One of my favorite times of the year! The Phlox Jeana is blooming and its the Swallowtails favorite nectar source in the garden 💛 Black Eyed Susan’s in the back of the border #Butterflies 🦋 #FlowersOnFriday

An increasingly rare sight in America - please, consider not only planting milkweed but flowers with nectar.Impatiens and mophead hydrangeas are beautiful but they have NOTHING to offer pollinators. No nectar, no pollen. When I was a child (I’m 67) butterflies were common. 🦋 @annealiz1.bsky.social

Found this lone Monarch caterpillar in my milkweed patch and moved him/her to a mesh butterfly cage for safety. We have few Monarchs in this area, and most of the caterpillars in my garden are taken by predators if I don’t get to them first. Will release after metamorphosis. #Monarch 🦋 #Butterflies

So much better than pesticides - don’t you think? Ladybug (or ladybird depending on where you’re from) sitting on my tomato cage noshing on a green aphid. 🐞 she kindly left offspring behind for me ❤️ #PollinatorsFirst 🐞 #InsectTuesday

Baby Bumble Bee alert! See her? (She’s so tiny). Bright raspberry echinacea lighting up the mid-summer garden! #SaveTheBees 🐝 #Gardening 🩷

The large and small Rudbeckia borders flanked by the hydrangeas. This is what my garden looks like at its summer peak. #FlowersOnFriday 🌺 #Gardening

Early morning sun positively makes the roses glow! #RoseWednesday 🌺 #Gardening - stay cool everyone!

#SquishOnSight is the recommendation for this #InvasiveSpecies - #SpottedLanternfly larvae. Extremely destructive to agriculture and ecosystems. Spotted in Northern Virginia June 13, 2025. #InsectTuesday 😕

Oleanders, olive trees, and bougainvillea in the quaint small town of Trullia, in the region of Puglia, Italy. So grateful to be here on holiday. #ItalianHoliday #Puglia 🇮🇹

Good morning! Betony - Stachys ‘Hummelo’, related to the fuzzy ‘Lambs Ears’ (even tho they look nothing alike). #FlowersOnFriday 🌸

The garden is almost at its summer peak - and the bees are loving it. I plant this annual salvia every summer as it feeds bees, butterflies and humming birds. Multitasking flower for sure! #MyGarden #Pollinators 🐝

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail breakfasting on the zinnias. Have a great day! #PollinatorWeek #MyGarden 🦋

Milkweed with a matching ladybug larvae (or ladybird in the UK) - what could be better? #pollinators #gardening

My first poppy! It is glorious! Seeds kindly shared from a Twitter friend (who also introduced me to Bluesky) A. K. - thank you! Now I can harvest my own seeds! #KindnessMatters 🌺🌺🌺

When someone describes a color as “Cornflower Blue” this is what they are referring to. Centaurea cyanus, also known as Bachelor’s Button or Cornflower, is an annual in the Asteracea family. #Flowers 🦋

I love the sunset colors on this rose and how it contrasts with the burgundy foliage! This rose season in the mid-Atlantic region is spectacular! Many more rose photos to come! #Roses 🌺

Happy World Bee Day 🐝 please consider organic gardening to help our little friends out 🌺🌺🌺

North American Purple Flame Flag Iris bringing some color to my early spring garden. Foliage comes in dark purple and changes to green as the season progresses. Beautiful purple flowers are a bonus! #GrowNative

Morning light on the Hyacinth - such an energizing time of year 💜

Heeeer we go - successfully migrated from X to Bluesky. First sign of spring in the garden. Ahhhhhhh 🌼🌼🌼