No Mow May

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/travel/no-mow-may-wisconsin.html

It is for the benefit of the bees.

The Lawn Nazis are never going to go for it.

Helenium puberlum

https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=2324

Zone 4.  Would be very happy if it did self seed.  Want to try it.

Goose Creek

https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=5197

Philadelphus lewisii 'Goose Creek'

Zone 4 and tolerates clay, I want to try it.

Ninebark

https://www.finegardening.com/article/the-best-ninebark-shrubs-for-the-garden

I love me a good ninebark.

Prickly Lettuce

 Prickly Lettuce in a neighbor's yard. Reviled as a weed, I love the clear yellow flowers.

Bindweed

 

Bindweed in a neighbor's yard. It does not compete in our garden.

Phlox

 Phlox and Outhouse Lilies in a neighbor's garden.

Owl

 

Owl in the garden.

Lavender Blue Baby Daylily

https://www.jungseed.com/product/JF15593/1070

This looks promising.

Nasturtium

 

Nasturtium. Yet another edible that we grow mostly as an ornamental.

Rudbeckia

 

Double-Flowered Rudbeckia

Some years this gets very floppy, but doing well so far.

Gray-Headed Coneflower

 

Gray-Headed Coneflower

Can be an aggressive thug, but a modest performer in our garden.

Outhouse Lilies

 

Ditch Lilies AKA Outhouse Lilies

Daylily snobs tell us to get rid of them, but I feel they are an important link to our gardening past.

And they are tough as nails.

Daylily

 

Daylily 'Sun-Dried Tomato'

I love the rich, red color.

Daylily

 

I like the white color but the blossoms are smaller than many other modern hybrids.

Phlox

 

I love the way white flowers glow at dawn & dusk in the garden.

Morning Glory

 

Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue'

Every morning that there is a new blossom brings a smile to my face.

Agastache

 

The native Agastache is a superb pollinator plant. Bumblebees and honey bees are swarming over the blossoms.  It would be interesting to know the location of the nearest honey bee hive.

Morning Glory

 

Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue'

Very nice individual flower, but too few blossoms impoverish the view.

Rabbits vs. Mulberry

Native Mulberry I planted this spring.

Clean diagonal cut at ground level, classic rabbit move.  The owls and coyotes need to up their game. Bitter disappointment.