Tag Archives: Delaware County garden
Black-Eyed Susans Gone Wild (In Catskills Gardens)!
Black-eyed Susans are blooming throughout the Catskills right now. Many of the wildflowers I have posted on recently are originally from Europe but have naturalized to become a significant component of the local Catskills vegetation. Not Black-Eyed Susans! Black-Eyed Susans are North American natives with about 24 good species.…
Mints of the Mountains II – Monarda (aka Beebalm)
Yarrow – Catskills Wildflower or Garden Flower?
This week, Yarrow, a common wildflower that is also popular in the garden is blooming throughout the Catskills region. Most of our woods wildflowers are native, part of the local vegetation before European settlement. Many of the wildflowers of Catskills fields and roadsides, however, were introduced to the region by…