August Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day

Not much blooms here in August, not even for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Even my native strawberry and Susan's purple alyssum, both of which bloom nearly the entire year long, aren't blooming now. In fact, the only plant I planted myself that is really blooming a lot on this particular morning is my native milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis). I've posted pictures of its flowers before, but the new thing it's just started to produce this month is seeds. Here's a newly opened seedpod with two milkweed beetles crawling on it. (One of them is on the left underside, so you can only see its upside-down silhouette.)



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