The Reporter’s local lensman, nature-nut and flower-friend John Geiger caught this shot of a bounty of butterweed this week in a field along State Road 32 just east of State Road 37. Thanks, John, not only for this sprig of springtime for our pages, but for finding a flowery field suitably shaded in Miller hues. Would you call that yellow, or Singapore sunset saffron? According to Geiger, as a member of the aster or daisy family, butterweed’s beautiful striking yellow stands are an important early spring source of nectar for bees and other pollinators.
Spring butters up Hamilton County
Reporter photo by JohnGeiger.com