We were out harvesting vegetables from our garden tonight when the moon suddenly appeared, 99% full. With a little sunlight left, I thought a view of the moon through flowers might be nice. The tallest ones around were these rosinweeds (
Silphium integrifolium) which are another close cousin of cup plants and compass plants. They grow on tall stalks with opposite leaves that are smaller than cup plant leaves but still 4 or 5 inches long. A favorite wildlife plant, rosinweed flowers are good for bees, flies, butterflies, sparrows, redpolls, and the two goldfinches I saw balancing on these breezy stalks a few minutes before. This moon wasn't quite full and rose about an hour before sunset, so over the next few days, watch for a big moon rising at or just after dark.
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