I noticed another beauty today as I was walking. This is New England Aster. It is an excellent deer plant, and they will browse it readily - especially when young and tender. NEA is also an excellent pollinator plant.
Note: The second plant below is another aster, which I believe to be Smooth Aster, although I'm not 100% sure.
This shrub caught my attention the other day as I was walking. It’s called Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida). It is the most common dogwood in our area.
This is an overall good shrub for all wildlife. Deer will certainly browse it, and the berries are favorites of birds. White spring flowers are attractive to pollinators, and when I was a child and squirrel hunted, it was very common to find them devouring the fruits
This shrub does well in partial shade but will do even better with more sun. I’ve never planted any of them, because they are fairly common on my farm.
