“Then followed that beautiful season…Summer…Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light.”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~
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Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
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Angelface® Blue Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia 'ANBLU140')
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Tattoo™ Papaya Vinca (Catharanthus roseus Tattoo™ 'Papaya') and Batface Cuphea (Cuphea llavea)
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Moth caterpillars make a ball-shaped home on the tip of Tassel Fern fronds (Polystichum polyblepharum). They use silk to pull the tips of the fonds together to form a protective ball until they are ready to pupate.
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Moth pupae cocoon inside the fern ball. You can see where the moth emerged from the cocoon.
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Sweat bee (Halictidae) on American Goldrush Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush')
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Summerific® ‘Perfect Storm’ Hibiscus (Hibiscus Summerific® 'Perfect Storm')
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Batface Cuphea (Cuphea llavea)
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Sulfur Butterfly (Pieridae) on Franz Schubert Phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert')
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Salsa® Red Vinca (Catharanthus Salsa® 'Red')
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Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)
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Leaffooted Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
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Walkabout Sunset Lysimachia (Lysimachia congestiflora 'Walkabout Sunset')
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Japanese Beetle ( (Popillia japonica) on hibiscus flower
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Jackmanii Clematis Seed Head (Clematis x 'Jackmanii')
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Heartbreaker Sun Coleus (Solenostemon 'Heartbreaker')
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Flore Pleno Double Tigerlily (Lilium lancifolium 'Flore Pleno') and Panicle Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata)
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Flame™ Purple Eye Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata Flame™ 'Purple Eye')
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Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
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Cleome (Cleome hassleriana)
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Bumble Bee (Bombus) on Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora)
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Bumble Bee (Bombus) on Canyon Creek Abelia (Abelia x grandiflora 'Canyon Creek')
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American Goldrush Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush')
