The last few days I’ve found myself often by the globe thistle, and it’s no accident. Globe thistle flowers smell like spiced jelly beans taste. Or something like that. It’s difficult not to linger and touch my nose to their richly scented, globe-shaped flower heads. And when I do, my nose is practically touching honeybees. If I could buy pure, spicy, globe thistle honey, I would. Bees seem to be in a trance once they’ve landed on the globes. I’ve never seen them stay so long on any other flowers. Hurry if you want to smell the globe thistles and observe lingering bees up close. The flowers don’t last long.
Echinops persicus (globe thistle) section B
Long live globe thistle!
Dalea purpurea (purple prairie clover) section D
Dalea candida (white prairie clover) section C
Silphium integrifolium (rosinweed) section E
Saururus cernuus (lizard’s tail) section B
Althaea officinalis (marshmallow) section A
Dipsacus asper (xu-duan) section B
Layia platyglossa ( coastal tidytips) section A
Eupatorium aromaticum (boneset) section B
Persicaria lapathifolia (curlytop knotweed) section B
Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) section A
Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) section E
Lathyrus tuberosus (tuberous sweetpea) section A
Boisduvalia densiflora (boisduvalia) section A
Pontedaria cordata (pickerel weed, wampee) Cascara Circle
Belamcanda chinensis (leopard flower, she gan) section B
nectar like spiced wine
these bees drunk on globe thistle
make it home safely
See you in the garden.