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Late summer flowers for native pollinators

August 4, 2013 by Ted Alway

Parnassian butterfly on coyote mint (Monardella odoratissimma), late August at 4500′  Most of our native wildflowers of the lower elevations of Central Washington are at their glorious best in the spring and early summer; when the heat of July and August arrives these plants are done with blooming and more concerned with surviving the summer drought.   […]

Filed Under: Featured Natives, Native flora Tagged With: bumblebee, butterflies, Central Washington, desert buckwheat, goldenrod, hummingbirds, native bees, penstemon, pollinators, rabbitbrush

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