Three years ago this coming fall, I killed my lawn and sowed an acre of native flower and grass seed on the east acre between my house and road. They say a rewilded meadow sleeps the first summer, creeps the second, and leaps the third. I thought it leapt last summer, when the acre turned a solid yellow with black eyed and brown eyed susans. This summer brings a more varied palette of orange, pink, purple, and ivory. The flowers are so tall that I’d need a drone to get a decent long shots. So here are a few less complete but just as gorgeous captures to give you an idea.
Purple coneflower and wild bergamot dominate here.
Simple goldenrod appears here and there.
East Meadow: A Long View
Perky Black Eyed Susans
Yarrow, our signature flower.
Purple Cone Flower
Wild bergamot in front of a black walnut trunk.
Big Blue Lobelia standing tall.
And the big news of the summer: We’ve got swamp milkweed!
This is the first summer swamp milkweed has graced the meadow. And yes, we have monarch butterflies too. Hard to get photos of those.
Happy Summer, everyone. Keep finding and making beauty wherever you can.
