Prairie Ironweed

a lovely plant of late summer

It looks so nice with goldenrod

too bad I yanked most of the goldenrod out

in a fit of clutter removal

Oh well...it will return for certain

Someone told me that Ironweed is in the aster family

imagine that....no wonder it blooms in late summer

It is a rather tall plant and the butterflies love it

I only wished that I had planted more of it

I may have to visit a farmers market or two

on the hunt for more of them

Oh garden , my garden

we have been through much this season

but you have always comforted me

and cheered me

and kept me busy

and stilled me

We both are getting ready for change