D154-2012 Bee on Butterfly Weed, singing of summer.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) - Buds can be beautiful
A native wildflower, but commonly cultivated, both for its beauty, hardiness, and overall good behavior.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
A native wildflower, but commonly cultivated, both for its beauty, hardiness, and overall good behavior.
In this large bed, some clusters of flowers were fully opened, while others were still in tight green buds.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D149-2012 European wild ginger, Asarum europaeum
Family Aristolochiaceae     Native to Europe; widely cultivated for ornamental value as a ground cover outside its native range.

Hosta Hillside, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
May 29, 2012
(nex5n)
Note:  smugmug has, once again, failed to sort an image properly.  This one belongs next to its companion, here:  http://smu.gs/MyjLrR
D149-2012 European wild ginger, Asarum europaeum
Family Aristolochiaceae     Native to Europe; widely cultivated for ornamental value as a ground cover outside its native range.
European ginger has shiny or glossy leaves that are smaller and stifferthan the larger, velvety leaves of Asarum canadense.

Hosta Hillside, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
May 29, 2012
(nex5n)
Note:  There is a companion photo, here http://smu.gs/MTVhXd  which smugmug has, for inexplicable reasons, 'filed' out of place at the end of the gallery.  This sort of sorting error is becoming all to frequent.
D149-2012 Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense
Family Aristolochiaceae     Native to eastern North America
This is in a patch of cultivated wild ginger.  All forms of asarum that are cultivated in gardens are done so almost exclusively for the foliage, as ground covers.  Asarum canadense has large velvety leaves.

Hosta Hillside, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
May 29, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
A native wildflower, but commonly cultivated, both for its beauty, hardiness, and overall good behavior.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
A native wildflower, but commonly cultivated, both for its beauty, hardiness, and overall good behavior.
This is some of the earliest blooming butterfly weed I've seen.  It is planted in a large bed at the foot of some evergreens.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D110-2012 ferns type A (one of four types)
Heathdale area

Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 20, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Bee on Butterfly Weed, singing of summer.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Bee on Butterfly Weed, singing of summer.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
D154-2012 Bee on Butterfly Weed, singing of summer.

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
See photo in original gallery.