At mid-July, much of my garden is going to seed already — particularly the Daisy Fleabane is mostly brown now. The goldfinches are still all over it and for all I know the fleabane may be an important source of seed for them so I intend to leave it there.
On the other hand, the boneset is coming into bloom at this time. I have it throughout my garden where it has self-seeded.
Boneset Coming into Bloom Mid-July
Yesterday I was very pleased to see a couple of butterflies flying through the garden and landing on the boneset. I THINK they were Spicebush Swallowtails. I’ve seen almost no butterflies at all this year so their appearance is very appreciated. I knew they had to be around because I have Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars on my spicebushes but had not seen any adults yet.
Spicebush Swallowtail on Boneset
FROM WEEDS TO BEES 
I have never seen boneset in bloom before and it is very pretty! Does it need full sun or can it take some shade? How are the spice bush caterpillars doing?
As of a few days ago the Spicebush caterpillars were doing fine. Now that I know that I have House Wren babies, I’m a little afraid of the HW’s getting the caterpillars! Apparently they know that someone is inside those leaf rolls. SIGH. I want EVERYBODY to live!