Lovely! The Bees and Butterflies must think they're in heaven when they find your garden.

Thanks, Majenta. My neighbor is a beekeeper. His bees come by the thousands to my garden. Sometimes he gives me a jar of honey.

I'm gonna cry, Paul! I would love to have thousands of bees visit my garden, with a beekeeper next door!

I am constantly chasing my one honey bee and one bumblebee this month! but each time I get within 3', camera in hand, they all freak out and fly away! :-( And in early June, when I had 3 real honeybees visiting my lavender for a week, they mysteriously vanished one day and never returned even though the lavender blooms were still in their absolute prime!

I want the bees/bumblebees to come to my garden. I spent so much time and money getting plants that they would love, all to no avail!

What a blessing to be able to have them in your yard! I love the coneflowers and New Day too!

Serenasyh: Yes it's neat having the bees. Altho I notice fewer than in years past. Colony collapse disorder has hit honeybees. My neighbor lost quite a few hives.

I do have the big fat bumblebees that are so tame I can pet them while they're crawling around the flower!!

Bumblebees that you can pet!! How wonderful that would be!!

Your New Day looks great. That's the kind of flowers I like - soft yellow stuffed flowers. Very nice!!

Thanks!

Carol

Gorgeous yellow. Enjoying your other posts too. Thank you.