Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa, and butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa, blooming amidst little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium.
The Lupine Meadow with eastern lupines, Lupinus perennis, in full bloom.
The Lupine Meadow in summer with wild bergamot, shrub Hypericums, goldenrod and black-eyed Susans.
This meadow has a high proportion of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca and goldenrod, Solidago spp., both plants that we now know to be of great importance to wildlife.
By mid-summer, the wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa, practically obscures the bench overlooking Stone Pond.
We are encouraging the eastern lupine, Lupinus perennis, to take over the low meadow in the east yard of the cabin.
Close up of eastern lupine, Lupinus perennis, and blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium sp..
The hummingbird moths love Monarda fistulosa.
The low meadow in autumn sports low clouds of a wild aster, possibly Aster vimineus.
This meadow was “augmented” with New England asters, adding another color to the pallette.
Meadows line the driveway.
Wild bergamot attracts many skippers in summer.
Blue vervain, Verbena hastata, enlivens the landscape along with boneset and woolgrass in this “augmented meadow.”
The blue vervain in the foreground was added to a drainage swale along the meadow and provides a nice color accent in late summer.
This wet meadow is just getting started.
A close-up of tall white aster, Aster umbellatus and Verbena hastata, blue vervain, in the wet meadow.
The Lupine Meadow with eastern lupines in full bloom.
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