In the garden – Page 19

In the Garden

May 12, 2014 by KTgreen

Between the abundant rain this year and the spring sunshine, my gardens are bursting with blooms. (Along with weeds and biting insects, but I’ll not be sharing photos of those.) Here are some flowers and creatures in my yard.

Bleeding heart — Bleeding Heart

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

lizard — This little guy lost part of his tail but is still feisty!

Passion Flower — The passion flower vine is a host plant for the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar — And here’s a Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar.

Don Juan Rose — Don Juan Rose. These roses are beautiful in the spring but don’t do well in our hot and humid summer.

Cardinal

Damn Squirrel

In my Gardens

May 5, 2014 by KTgreen

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

April 28, 2014 by KTgreen

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!