Ailanthus Webworm on Swamp Milkweed #AilanthusWebworm #SwampMilkweed

Blue Vervain in the Rain Garden #BlueVervain #NativePlants

Patio Hibiscus shining #Hibiscus

I'll be checking the Milkweed for caterpillars in a few days #MonarchButterfly #Butterfly #Pollinators #SwampMilkweed #Milkweed #NativePlants

#Monarch #SwampMilkweed

#Monarch #Milkweed

Monarch and I spent some time together this afternoon

Bumblebee on Swamp Milkweed #Bumblebee #SwampMilkweed

Dragonfly waiting for clearance #Dragonfly

#Coneflower

#Larkspur

#Delphinium

Yes, also made meringues with the eggs white left over from ice cream recipe

Ready for take off #Bee #StJohnsWort

Zinia and Lantana are popping #Zinia #Lantana

Foxglove Beardtongue

Monarch visiting Swamp Milkweed in the Rain Garden #MonarchButterfly #SwampMilkweed

My only sighting so far this year was July 7th

Bee on St. John's Wort #Bee #StJohnsWort

#Daylilly

#Beebalm

Roses and Daisys #Roses #Daisys

First Monarch sighting in the Rain Garden today, July 7th 2026, on the left and last year's first sighting on the right, July 7th 2025. #Monarch #Butterfly #Pollinators #SwampMilkweed #NativePlants

Morning fresh Hibiscus bloom #Hibiscus

Honey Bee buzzing St. John's Wort #StJohnsWort #Bee #Pollinators

Western Honey Bee and Gloden Sand Digger on Swamp Milkweed #SwampMilkweed #NativePlants #Bee #GlodenSandDigger #Pollinators

Mixed Hollyhock yields a variety of pink blooms #Hollyhock

Aloha, ours just opened too

Our very productive Hibiscus, 3 blooms yesterday and 5 today #Hibiscus

Beeing Swamp Milkweed #SwampMilkweed #Milkweed #NativePlants #Bee #Pollinators