Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed or Asclepias incarnata

Bloodroot

Purple Coneflower

Downy Yellow Violet

Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) at Skillet Creek Indian Mounds near Stratford, Iowa
Well I think it is either that or it's a Stream or Smooth Violet (Viola Glabella)

Yellow Majesty!!!

Taken at the Marietta Sand Prairie Reserve in Marshall County, Iowa

Hepatica

Lots of lovely hepatica in the woods this evening!

Violet

Fall Beauties

Butterfly Garden

My mullien and milkweed are both close to six foot tall in height. I'm amazed as I transplanted them from the neighbors yard to mine this spring - right before the flooding began. I really didn't expect them, or anything else in my garden, to survive.

I've been working on expanding my butterfly garden with more natives. Currently I have milkweed - the red variety, purple coneflower, mullien, phlox, bellflower, and bee balm.

Foliage