Well, I still have the two dogwood trees, but I finally have all of the perennials in the ground! I still have Virginia snakeroot coming, but its bed is nearly ready (and I have CATERPILLARS–the eggs weren’t all eaten!!!), and I still might get some NE aster, but not much. Anyway, today, I planted five Goldsturm black-eyed susan (for the record, they’re Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’, not R. hirta), six little purple coneflower seedlings I found in the patio bed full of oxalis, and five butterfly weed. That finishes the south extension of Sarah-Flah’s garden. Still half of the north extension to go, but I’ll take progress where I can get it!

It’s a good thing we put posts around it because I couldn’t bring myself to thin these. 544’s Bright Lights are going strong (so far)!

First “yellow flower”!

Grape-something agastache. Last try for fancy agastache. These and Tango…if they die, I won’t buy more.

Red Rocks. Doesn’t look terrific, but it’s got blooms. Better than nothing.

It was nearly dark, and I did take some macros earlier with my camera, but here are my pipevine ‘pillars. The eggs were gone in a few days, so I assumed they’d been eaten, but apparently, Pipevine Swallowtail hatches in just that little time. The little dudes hang out and eat together when they’re small, then they feed separately, and finally, wander off to pupate.

Hungry little buggers. Snakeroot looking decidedly ragged.

These guys were tucked in for the night on the underside of a leaf. I so hope I can get one to adulthood! So many predators, though, so I dunno.