Lead Plant & Mosquito-Eaters

A couple of years ago I planted a lead plant, a native prairie shrub.  This afternoon I noticed that one of the branches was in bloom for the first time ever!  The leaves of this shrub from the bean family are silvery.  The flowers are dark purple with bright orange stamens.

I also noticed a female Eastern Forktail damselfly perched on an Obedient Plant leaf (left below) and a male Blue Dasher dragonfly on a withered rose bloom (right below).  Both dragonflies and damselflies feast on mosquitoes.  Eat 'em up!