Around the garden, late August, central VA

A few photos from around the garden this morning.

1. Wall of sunflowers

2. Eastern Black Swallowtail on Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican sunflower or Tree marigold)

3. Common Buckeyes

4. Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox)

5. Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-eyed Susan)

6. Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke)

7. Sunflower and Benary’s Giant purple zinnia

8. Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican sunflower or Tree marigold)

9. Close up of sunflower

10. One of two foxes that visits us every night.