For the second year in a row, Biltmore has planted corn in a number of patches in various areas around the estate in an effort to provide easy food for the deer population. The idea is that if there is a whole corn patch for them to eat, why would they eat the resident foliage that the landscape people would prefer that they leave unmolested? I didn't really think it worked that well last year but they seem to have expanded the program to more areas this year so maybe it did better than I thought.

The photo below is a closeup of Butterfly Weed. Unfortunately, at the time I shot these, they didn't have any butterflies on them.

These are some of the summer flowers that are coming up and blooming in little hidden areas in the Azalea Garden.