Actually took this one yesterday, but damn, Penstemon ‘Red Rocks’ is a trooper! In flower when I got them (July, I think), I deadheaded them and they bloomed again. Again, I deadheaded them, and they re-bloomed. Again, I deadheaded, thinking they couldn’t possibly do it again, but…

These I took today. I checked on Stephanie when I got up and she was still where I’d left her yesterday. I checked again later, after the sun had started to get some heat going, and she was still there, flapping her wings to get warm. I saw her again later, along with two more Monarchs.

It’s windy again today, but that didn’t stop two pretty Ladies from lunching at the Bistro!

I held the flower for this one.