kwilson...please oh please oh please...? I'll send you a note, ok? Terryr, sounds like how things are here. If there isn't a wall of corn planted right up to the roadside, by August the pigweed and ragweed and other stuff is so high you have to take a chance and ease out there on country roads-stop sign or not. We always look for the oncoming wall of dust behind an approaching vehicle--one good thing about gravel roads I guess. And the gravel here isn't just your standard limestone, it's this wonderful river pebble mix which gives you the eerie feeling that you are cruising along on a bed of ball bearings. Which is mightily unsuitable stuff for sudden turns, swerves and stops. The indigo...yep, it's prairie false indigo or white wild indigo-baptisia alba. I have quite a few plants around that I have been watching over the summer, but there is something drilling into them and eating the seeds. I don't know if it's a weevil going in from the outside or something that was laid as an egg on the flower and developed from within but all the fruits I've picked have tiny perfect holes in them and weigh next to nothing. This plant is actually doing quite well around here and I suspect some wonderful person is quietly seeding the roadsides and railroad right of ways because all sorts of prairie stuff is popping up in the last 3 years.

You definitely should see a very good Fall show this year, they grow fast once they're established. I just added some soil conditioner and watered and they took off. The caterpillar disguising himself is ingenious and nature is definitely amazing. I think he's a wavy lined emerald moth cat? The cat in your photo is definitely having a bad hair day but maybe the hair deters predators? It looks so neat and I hope you spot similar caterpillars on your plant? I think they mainly go for plants that are in the composite flower family like yarrow, liatris, Black-eyed Susan, and asters? I've learned a lot through this forum and everyone is so friendly on here. I always admire everyone's flower and garden pictures. I'm always happy to see butterflies and other pollinators in my garden because I feel that I'm contributing positively to wildlife. I just wish I had more room lol.

I'm also looking for velvet pod mimosa seeds. I have seeds from the following plants: Pride of Barbados, yellow poinciana, and Gregg's mistflower that I could trade

It sounds like I've planted mine in a bad spot... Based on previous comments in this thread, I'll plan to move it when it stops blooming. It sounds like I have a similar experience to others in that I find this plant to be popular with pollinators that I am unfamiliar with. I get lots of familiar bees and butterflies on my other plants, but the white mistflower is always buzzing with ones that I don't know.