#beebalm

[addicted2wasps]

I FINALLY GOT HIM! 😃 Male Ruby-throated hummingbird, (Archilochus colubris). After 6 days of waiting for HOURS, he finally cooperated, and flew into frame!

[memoriesofthepark]

Recent wildflowers.

Firewheel 》 Gaillardia pulchella

Lemon beebalm 》 Monarda citriodora

Macartney rose 》 Rosa bracteata

Engelmann daisy 》 Engelmannia peristenia

Southeast Texas, May 2026

[briargeese]

Beebalm under UV light in all it's glory.

[untamed-mi]

A fair amount of Bee Balm survived too that I’ll get to add to my already established patch 🐝

[antimony-ore]

I unburied and fertilized my Wild Gingers (bought live) which all survived the winter. (Left 4/16, Right 4/19)

Also fertilized my Granny's Bonnets (Wild Columbine) today (Left 4/16, Right 4/19)

My Beebalm (bought live) has definitely survived it's first winter.

And to my delight the single Wild Geranium I was able to grow from seed last year has come back 🎉

[vandaliatraveler]

An eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) probes deep to reach the summer's sweetest honeypot inside the long-lipped, tubular flowers of wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa).

[uxbridge]

Summer flowers are here

[fickes]

roses are fine but this year you should consider sending your Valentine a PNG of 3D modeled scarlet beebalms instead. they'll love it