It is that time of year again when the bees are all crazy in the garden making it scary to work out there. I went out this morning as it was overcast when they are a little less active to do some weeding and deadheading,
Many sedums are in bloom and the bees can’t ever get enough of them. I lost count how many different sedum varieties I grow, and have been pretty horrible at keeping a list of their names ( somewhere in the garage is a ziploc bag with all their tags I must locate! ) so I almost never ID them in posts……but I would tell you if you asked 🙂
here are a few……
A  few areas of the garden are actually off limits to me now as they are so full of all sorts of stinging things that given my allergy to many wasp and bee stings, the risk is too great. Anywhere hydrangea panniculata , mountain mint or the taller red stemmed sedums are  blooming  is definitely a no-go.
Some plants, like angelica gigas , get located in remote areas just so I won’t ever cross their path accidentally…look at the number of bees on those flowers! Today I went out and using the telephoto lens at least got to enjoy it a little.
here are some other garden moments I captured while out
clematis Mrs. Robert Brydon growing into a variegated weigelia
morning glories
morning glory ‘Vega star’ whose huge and very delicate blooms just started today
and rudbeckia lanciniata bending down over a cement bench