It’s been an unusually rainy June, coupled with some truly hot days. As a result, the plants in my garden are growing like mad. Here’s a selective round up for June 2024 so far, starting with some lovely fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium), with some yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and fleabane (Erigeron annuus) in the foreground (also some wild bergamot [Monarda fistulosa], not yet in flower). The trees in the background are trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides).

Above, clockwise from top left: foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides), common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), blue flag iris (Iris versicolor), wild senna (Senna hebecarpa), balsam ragwort (Packera paupercula), the strange and surprisingly bee-appealing flower of staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Canada milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis), and St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum).