Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Plant it and they will come Monarchs and Pollinators, 1 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
Photos 1 and 2 show a 3rd Aster with flowers similar to those of Aster #1 in my earlier post. Its leaves are not large, however, unlike those of Aster #1.

Photo 3 shows some seemingly drugged bees hanging on to Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant) flowers. Unlike bees which buzz from flower to flower on other plants, they hardly move once they're on a Cup Plant bloom. I shook the flowers to make sure they were alive!