Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Gowanus Blooms

mthew

4 responses to “Gowanus Blooms”

  1. Elizabeth White

    Okay, spiraea and echinacea and little green pollinator in the top photo, clematis (?) and a honey bee in the bottom, but what’s the flower in the middle?

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    1. mthew

      That’s the pollinator-magnet Buddleia, butterfly bush, in the middle. I’m not sure what the bottom photo flower is.

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      1. Elizabeth White

        It looks a lot like passionflower.

      2. mthew

        That’s it (according to the interwebs). Although whose passion they’re referring to, I don’t know. Too overblown for my tastes.

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