Kosteletzkya virginica "Alba" 26/4 Restock after the blue dye that

after the blue dye that a few tropical relatives

a generous late feast for bees and butterflies as the season winds down

toasted and ground or steeped

layered frame that lets light through to whatever grows below

buttonbush is one of the great pollinator and wetland-wildlife shrubs

Kosteletzkya virginica "Alba" 26/4 Restock after the blue dye thatSeashore mallow is an erect, branching herbaceous perennial of the cotton family (Malvaceae), the same clan as hibiscus, hollyhock, and cotton, and the kinship shows in the flowers. Native to the brackish and salt marshes of the eastern United States, from New York and Delaware south to Florida and Texas, the species carries hibiscus like blooms from midsummer well into fall, each a clear five petaled cup around a central column of fused stamens. This