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Month: June 2021

Wildflower Wednesday: Foxglove Beardtongue

Wildflower Wednesday: Foxglove Beardtongue

Last summer my fiancé brought a plant home from a native plant nursery that I’d never seen or heard of before. It was foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis). After my walk at the southern portion of Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth this weekend, I’m not sure how it’s possible for me to have missed this amazingly beautiful and abundant native perennial wildflower. In some places, this foxglove beardtongue dominated the meadow with its panicles of white flowers.  These panicles are…

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Early to the Party – the Pharaoh Cicada on Cape Cod

Early to the Party – the Pharaoh Cicada on Cape Cod

I must admit, I was a little jealous to hear that the Brood X cicadas that everyone’s been talking about in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland would not extend as far north as Massachusetts. So I was surprised, and quite delighted, to discover this Magicicada (periodic cicadas) in my yard last week. Unlike some of the swarm-like photos coming out of NY/NJ, I found just a single female beside its exuvia – the cast-off outer outer skin of…

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