Bloom Day In The Tall Flower Meadow

You deserve a break from the Almighty Falls. We all do. It's Bloom Day in the Tall Flower Meadow, something I wait all year long for.

From August to the first killing frosts, generally in late October, it is the time of the Tall Flower Meadow.

The meadow is host to an abundance of bloom.

There is plenty of Boneset

The White Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata, plays in the lowest plane.

The regal Joe Pye is one of the main players in the Tall Flower Meadow.

Rattlesnake Master lingers well after the actual bloom time has passed.

Plenty Goldenrod. It is just getting started. This is one of four species that make the meadow home. The most aggressive one needs to be on my hit list.

The paths are getting flopped on. I have not spent much time working in the garden in the last two months. It didn't need me so I just looked.

Not so plenty Black Eyed Susan this year. They are having an off year for some reason. In the wild cultivated gardens that still means plenty.

One fuzzy caterpillar on the Nodding Onion.

This is the native Spikenard, Aralia racemosa.

This is Aralia cordata 'Sun King'.

There are Purple Coneflowers about.

Mixing with the Indian Grass, Sorghastrum nutans. 

The biennial Angelica gigas was introduced into the meadow. Now it needs to self sow.

The color is building on the way to the asters.

That's my Bloom Day in the Tall Flower Meadow. Be sure to visit Miss Carol at headquarters for her August Dreams show.