While June is a quiet month for our gardens, July has quite a few nice flowers. And just in time for the butterflies. And this year a lot of spicebush butterflies are around mainly because we planted 4 spicebushes along the deep border of our estate. More on this later. OK so here's a clump of scarlet catchfly, Silene regia. a native plant from the pink family that should be in every wildflower garden. Mostly it's a trouble free plant and quite a eyeful. And of course the plant is covered with little glandular hairs and as a result is rather a sticky thing to touch. Many small insect visit and never leave, thus the common name. Just missed getting a humming bird in this photo.
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