In the garden

Gardening

In my Gardens

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We had a couple of days of torrential down pours again.  It finally stopped late Saturday afternoon and the sun came back out.  So I headed out to see what I could see…

Bottle Brush
Bottle brush tree is covered with bees. A good sign to have pollinators out in force!
pink caladiums
The caladiums are blooming, both pink and
white caladiums
white.
Hydrangea
Here’s a close up of those hydrangea blooms.
Black Eyed Susan
First black eyed susan for this year.
Bleeding Heart Vine
And these bleeding heart vines just started blooming.
grape tomoates
Stopped by the vegetable garden, and there are little grape tomatoes!
Celebrity tomato
A celebrity tomato. These are the ones that the squirrels like. Damn squirrels.
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
The first black swallowtail caterpillar for the year! I always plant parsley for the swallowtails but this one is loving the dill!
Maggie
And here’s Maggie barking at me because I’m taking a picture of a caterpillar! When she’s standing right there! Have a great Monday!

In my garden

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Last Monday I was whining about all the rain.  But look at how happy my gardens are now!

Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
This is a “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” bloom. I’ve seen these growing wild. But this is the first bloom I’ve had in years.
Tomato blossom
Looks like I’ll have some tomatoes for the squirrels to steal!
Impatiens
Impatiens. I can not find these to buy anywhere. Used to be everyone sold them. These have reseeded from years past but I’d like to get more!
Ferns
I’m putting ferns in shady corners.
Day Lillies
I moved these day lilies a couple of years ago and they finally bloomed!
Bromeliad
This is a bromeliad bloom. A strange variety
Begonia
Devil Wing Begonia. Or is this an angel wing? Begonia for sure!
Banana tree
I still don’t have bananas on my banana tree. Just this weird bloom on two of them now.

Love Spring!