wild senna and others
This is the first post for a year-round documenting of plants, inhabitants, and visitors to this little pollinator habitat (which is also our yard) and the art inspired by them.
Senna hebecarpa/wild senna is blooming now and the bumblebees are always out there. I’ve just learned it is also a host plant for the larval/caterpillar stage of the cloudless sulphur butterfly/Phoebis sennae, who I will now be watching more closely for. I have seen a few yellow butterflies fluttering through but they were all too quick for a photo.
(Photo gallery hints: You can click on any photo in the grouping for the slideshow view and click or swipe right or left to go forward or back. Some photos have captions. On a laptop, I think they appear when you hover on the photo. On a mobile phone or tablet, click the dot lower right-hand corner.)
I‘ll also make a sketch or two each week to keep myself moving along on new fiber/mixed media work. This week, it’s Wild Senna and the Bumblebees. The bloom colors on this plant can look a lot like a bee.
The bumblebees are out there buzzing and eating and doing their thing every summer day, even on the days humans aren’t making much sense to me at all.
All the others blooming, buzzing, or shining right now are below.
I find looking back on bloom times helpful and inspiring when it comes time for dividing and moving plants around. I’m not sure things will look much different next week, but I am sure I’ll find someone out there to celebrate.
(There’s much to learn out there and I welcome help with plant and creature I.D. and info.)