Pollinator attractor. They grow all along the lake where I live.

This was my shot at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens last week!

Gorgeous shot!

Wow, nice!

Cool! I think that’s what I have growing in my yard. It was labeled a “mystery plant” at my local nursery and I couldn’t resist a challenge! It’s about 8-10 feet tall and has these cute little pompoms on the ends of the branches.

I planted one in our rain garden during covid 2020. It's blossoms resemble the covid virus particles. Something pretty from a horrid year.🙂

Got one from my local Extension office a couple years ago. The bees love it.

👍👍👍Life!

Button Willow

I thought for a second I could grow it but nope, we’re clearly in the brown zone.

🌱 A lake was built nearby in the 1970's. The button bushes there were flooded. After 7 years, a leak developed in the overflow control pipe and the entire lake had to be drained for repairs. The button bushes resprouted from the barren mud that summer.

I planted one of these in an area in my backyard dedicated to the bees and other crawlies. It does well in northern Indiana.

Pictured before it bloomed last week.

Wow thanks for this I gotta have one! 🤩

Cool!

I visited an arboretum where several six footers were growing on the lake bank and into the water. I could smell them from 30' away and they were covered in various hovering/feeding swallowtail butterflies, something I will never forget. Have seen 12-15' bushes on lake edges but more like 6-8' tops.

SO THIS WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN WASHINGTON RIGHT

No, it was here at home.