A groundsel bush, Baccharis halimifolia, on the banks of the Yellow River still had a few blooms, although the white flowers had been burned by freezes.
B. halimifolia is a Georgia native. It’s a member of the aster family — the only species that gets big enough to be called a tree. The guidebooks say it can reach 12 feet. The one we saw was shoulder high.
A week before the solstice, the season appears to be about over for pollinators. I saw a single yellow blossom on a little camphorweed.
We’ve had highs in the 50s and lows mostly in the 30s, with a couple of hard freezes. Winter is supposed to set in tonight. The forecasters say it’ll be in the teens when I get a fire going Monday morning.
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