A Pollinator Party!
Blunt mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) is one pollinator party plant! It is literally buzzing with all sorts of bees, wasps, flies, beetles, and miscellaneous bugs. I planted it for the silvery loveliness of its bracts when it blooms and also got great plant TV.
Bugs of Summer
It’s July and the garden is literally humming. As the milkweed flowering peters out, the echinacea has kicked in, bringing another round of bugs to the garden.