#buttonbush

[inthedarkdarkforrest]

my buttonbush brings all the bugs to the yard

[vandaliatraveler]

Summer on the Deckers Creek Trail in Preston County.

From top: wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), whose fragrant odor permeates the trail in late July; downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana), an adorable perennial mint that clumps gregariously with wild bergamot; buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), easily identified by its pincushion-like flowers; Canada lily (Lilium canadense), which can be distinguished from the very similar Turk's-cap lily by petals that don't reflex past the flower's base; the elegant tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana), named after the thimble-shaped mound of pistils at the center of its flower; white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), a lovely native spiraea that grows in damp meadows; and summer phlox (Phlox paniculata), also known as fall phlox, because it blooms prolifically from late July through September.

[coffeenuts]

[plantanarchy]

My one buttonbush is smaller than the other but farther ahead in its bloom time. The other gets watered by my sump pump outflow lol these were the very first plants I planted at the house

[minister-erik]

COMMON BUTTONBUSH FLOWER (also named button-willow, buck brush, and honey-bells) - Composition Friday

© Erik McGregor - erikrivas@hotmail.com - 917-225-8963

[gardencore-goblincore]

Cephalanthus occidentalis- Common Buttonbush

NE US natives, and just the cutest things :)

[mossmosss]

bugs on plants!

[rjalker]

The buttonbush has finally recovered enough, after two years of having a literal tree fall on it, to flower again :)

[ID: A close up photo of several flowers on a buttonbush plant, with a honey bee on the largest one in the frame. The buttonbush flowers are globes with the surface covered in tiny white, tube like flowers with long stalks poking out, tipped with pollen. Two near the top have the white petals dried to brown, and one at the very tip of the stem has the petals fallen off, leaving behind the green center. The honeybee is dark orange with black stripes on its abdomen, and brown fur on its thorax, or upper body. End ID.]

[everydayesterday]

this kind of stupidity bothers me (RE: buttonbush):

"[...] It often grows better in full sun exposure [...]. Shrubs planted where the sun readily dries out the soil will struggle to thrive."

I don't know if an empty space like this exists at my address. I'm thinking that I might carve out a spot in the heart of the back lawn; it should theoretically get sun, but I still worry about shade being a problem, as I've got a pretty decent canopy when the trees are leaf-covered in the summer. I'm trying to start this from seed, so I wouldn't really have to answer the question until 2025 (will I still be living here?).

[cricketchirp]

A Taste of Summer on a Foggy Day

I’m kinda excited because I found the guts the other day to submit an article to the Maine Natural History Observer (MNHO) for publication this spring, and received notification this afternoon that it was accepted and will appear in the next issue. It’s about vernal pools. That’s all I’m going to tell you. But the timing seemed right. On this snow-eating fog kind of day, it was news most…

[philgennuso]

Haiku For A Buttonbush! (#Nature #Haiku #TuesdayThoughts)

Photo by Phil Gennuso Art medicinal herb gentle teanative to our landfriend and companion

[mozart-tt]

you should make a plantsona

guy that loves the you dont know jack pine game series

[vandaliatraveler]

Summer has arrived, and with it, the single greatest proliferation of life in Central Appalachia. This is the time of great, ostentatious wildflowers, one more showy and resplendent than the next, each competing with the other for the swarms of pollinators that have emerged to drink from the earth's sweet nectar pots, find their mates, and plant their eggs in the all-too-brief span before their whirring energies have faded into oblivion. At no time do I feel more connected to life's urgent, relentless pulse than in the electric heat of summer; the rich meadows, bogs, streambanks, and hedgerows are my temples and the tiny creatures that come to them to feed and renew their kind are the only intermediaries I need to realize true spiritual peace and joy.

The photos above are from a late afternoon bike ride on Deckers Creek Trail.

[cirruscastle]

Eastern Button Bush

It's a watercolour painting of a local plant that has round white flowers and attracts bees.

https://society6.com/cirruscastle

[mjrral]

A lot of cool plants and some invasive grasshopper nymphs

[antimony-ore]

OooOo you want to cashapp me money for more seeds 🌀🌀🌀