Bur-marigold, millpond The gorgeous red Cardinal Flowers—the glory of August—may have called it a season, but the edges of the fresh-water wetlands are hardly somber and barren. The Bur-Marigolds have come into their own, and in some places locally, it's wall-to-wall color, with the sturdy composite blossoms hosting a variety of bumblebees, honeybees, and other pollinators, as well as providing a handy place for still-flying dragonflies to rest from their pursuit of mates and smaller insects. There are several different species of Bur-Marigold around here, but, without one in front of my to key out, I'm going to have to take an ID rain-check and simply note that they're all members of the Bidens genus and common annuals whose seeds will soon be falling into the shallows and the wet ground to carry the promise of another golden September through the winter.