Leonard Weber

June 16, 2024

As I was walking in Detroit’s Eliza Howell Park recently, I thought of the Rodgers and Hammerstein “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” song from about 80 years ago. June is indeed a month when something new is busting out nearly every day in the park.

In June, many of the perennial wildflowers that are identified with summer begin to bloom. Just since the beginning of the month, flowers that have begun to bloom here include these ten. 

There are two more weeks left in June, with more flowers busting out. In addition, the number of butterfly (and other insect) species visible is also increasing rapidly.

The abundance of summer is about to begin!