Lysimachia clethroides (common names: Lysimachia)

This an extremely WOW picture! I wish my Lysimachia had these on it!

I'm enjoying all your butterfly pictures very much

Great photo! I like the loosestrife too, even the terrible purple invader...

I've yet to see one of these ! Great shot!

Thanks ! I will admit I have 5 different kinds of loosestrife here and not one has made me hate it yet. I have the dreaded purple in a large pot in my pond. It's been there for 8 years in that same pot.

Thank you both ! Everytime I see a Zebra Swallowtail it's a WOW moment. I'm so lucky to have many Paw Paw's here in the yard and edge of woods (their host plant).

Aren't they the coolest looking creatures, I remember the first time I saw one, I thought , what the heck is that thing ! It looked like it had a crawfishes tail, but was hovering like a hummingbird, thought I was losing it!

I looked up the loosestrife horror at the Agriculture college at Guelph...aparently it was a false alarm...lol. Grammazoo do your remember all the "fireweed" in the ponds and swamps in the north? What was all the fuss about? Heard an interview on CBC (our public radio) where an official from the Ministry of the Environment admitted that the feared "invasion" never happened... So we can all love our loosestrife again!!

I really must get some of this! wonderful photo of the hummer and I can see why he's attracted to that lovely healthy looking plant..

I had one visit my garden two years ago!... I could not believe what I was seeing either, Flcrazy! The biggest difference was that it showed no fear of a human being...the hummers just scatter when someone walks out on the deck...but it hung around and had a good sampling of everything then just buzzed off! lol. hasn't come back since I got my digital camera...

Exactly Flcrazy about the crawfish tail ! Very observant. The first time I saw one I thought it was a bee of some sort. I'm fortunate to get at least 3 different kinds here. The Hummingbird, the Snowberry and the Nessus Sphinx isn't a clearwing but comes to nectar during the day like a clearwing.

MMMMMMMMMmmm very pretty :)

This is a great photo.
Don't know the plant. How big is it?

beautiful photo

Is this the one that is also called goose neck ?

Celandine - it's about 2'6" tall, it spreads and pops up along the border but I still love it! It is indeed the 'Goose neck' one, Mike, so the flower spikes have the distinctive 'curl-over' at the top. Thanks Irish and Jacque!

Lovely photo, I can see how it got that name !

I love it too Spritz. I was given a small pot of it from a friends garden a couple years ago and it sure does spread. I'm amazed on how much of it I have. It's just coming into bloom now.

Smashing pic!

Sounds a bit like some people I know!