A few more sunflowers (𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 sp.) from the bag of seeds we scattered in front of the house:

A rather tall bull thistle (𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦), from Thompson Park:

Another guest picture taken by my teen: an eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) on chicory (𝘊𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘴)

The sunflowers (𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘶𝘴) in front of the house are blooming!

(We bought a big bag of sunflower seeds-- like the kind you would feed birds-- and sprinkled them in front of our house last year. And now here we are! )

Garden cosmos (𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴), from one of the neighborhood gardens:

Join us to learn about the newly published paper ‘Are capitula inflorescences? A reassessment based on flower-like meristem identity and ray flower development’ in @AnnBot by Regine Claßen-Bockhoff. (1/8)

https://doi.org/pxcg

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here come the suns

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#Coreopsis in bloom.
Joyful yellows in our gardens. They spark joy