Late season / fall-blooming flowers (like this aster growing along one of the trails at the Greensprings Interpretive Trail) are so vital to our pollinators, as this is the time of year when floral resources really start to dwindle. The diversity on this one patch was amazing and it's because there were no other options. If you are thinking about cutting back the flowers in your garden because they are looking a bit sad, please remember our pollinators, (including our straggler migrating monarch