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More Native Flower Photos and a Give Away

I used my macro lens to get flower and bee photos this weekend in the native garden. There were a lot of bees but I had a tough time getting the flowers and the bees in focus! Maybe next time. There are still some fun photos.

Bumblebee (butt) on checker mallow.
Another imperfect bee view.
Camas with another fuzzy bee.
Lupine and another fuzzy butt.
The bees have a methodical way to get to every flower. They spiral up the entire stalk.
Lupine up-close.
Wild rose in the memory garden.
Geum flowers and seed heads starting–so intricate and beautiful.
Another view.
And another.
Western bleeding heart flowers.
Western bleeding heart flowers and seed pod forming.
Salmonberry in the native plant garden.
Piggyback plant flowers.
Cornus sericea flower head.
Cornus sericea flowers.
Blurry fuzzy butt.
I love this view of the Lupine rivularis flowers.
Another blurry fuzzy butt.
Checker mallow flowers.
Another view.
A different checker mallow. I think I have three species in the native plant garden, though that was never my intention.
ALMOST in focus!

I transplanted the monkeyflower seedlings, Erythranthe guttata, into twelve pots yesterday. These are different from the one I grew last year that were much larger, but these seem healthy, despite their diminutive size.

I set up my not-yet-famous asters in a can yesterday along the sidewalk with a free sign. I started with ten of them. Four were left this morning. Not hugely popular, but I am excited that six native asters will find new homes in the neighborhood.