I didn’t plant this dotted smartweed… it came up in one of my flower pots on its own.. but I read about it and decided to let it stay. 💚
Dotted smartweed (Persicaria punctata) is a wetland plant important to many different kinds of native wildlife. Its nectar attracts bees and beetles, and insect larvae feed on its leaves. Also, small birds and mammals find the seeds very tasty. 💚
💛🖤💛 The hairy mountain mint is blooming! We already love it because of the minty leaves.. but now we have more flowers for the bees!.. and we LOVE our pollinators. 💛🖤💛
The flowers are very attractive to many kinds of insects, including honeybees, cuckoo bees, leaf-cutting bees, Halictid bees, Halictid cuckoo bees, thread-waisted wasps, the Great Golden Digger Wasp, the Black Grasshopper Wasp, bee wolves, paper wasps, Eumenine wasps, Syrphid flies, bee flies, thick-headed flies, Tachinid flies, butterflies, and skippers. 🦋
I Love Wildflowers 