Category: Pollinator Garden

A Common Eastern bumble bee partaking of the pollen of a Southern wild senna (Senna marilandica) on a sunny-but-cool-for-August morning—what a pleasant surprise! While clearing out the jungle in my backyard, I discovered that the senna serves a dual purpose—as a hostplant for the Clouded Sulphur, Little Yellow and Sleepy Orange (I knew of these…