August has been moist and rather cool compared to other years.
We’ll start with this butterfly, the Great Spangled Fritillary, and the larva of the Monarch Butterfly.
Monarch butterfly larva.
Three types of Asters have started to pop, all somewhat similar. (Note that there is fencing around the base to protect from the rabbits).
Smooth-leaved asters (symphyotrichum laeve) has smallish blue flowers and tends to grow tall, 4ft, and narrow).
Aromatic aster (Sumphyotrichum oblongiforium) is more bushy and squat. This one is about 2 foot tall and 1.5 foot wide.
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) has bigger flower than the other two species, and its size could be said between the other two.
Other flowering plants in bloom this month:
Wholeleaf Rosinweed (Siplhium integrifolium)
Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium)
Anise hyssop
Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Pennsylvania Native Garden Journey 