Asian Lily

My friend Margaret says it looks like a face. Looks like a chipmunk to me. 

This is Stage 2 of my Asian Lily with a big bud. Any day now ... 

 

Tropical Milkweed and the Monarch Butterfly

What I’m showing here is a little bit of garden magic and what was left after a whole lot of hungry visitors came by.

My Tropical Milkweed leaf isn’t “damaged." It has been expertly eaten.

When I planted milkweed, I knew I had invited one of nature’s most famous guests: the Monarch butterfly. Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed because it’s the only plant their caterpillars can eat.

Once those tiny caterpillars hatch, they get right to work. They don’t nibble around the edges. Instead, they chew straight through the softer parts of the leaf. What starts as tiny pinholes quickly turns into larger openings as they grow and their appetite increases.

It may look a little rough on my plant, but Milkweed is resilient. The best part is that somewhere nearby, if they made it, one of those tiny leaf-munchers may be quietly hanging in a chrysalis, getting ready to return to my garden with wings.

Asian Lily

 I’m pretty sure the squirrels have been doing a little gardening of their own. The Asian Lily I purchased died but has come back up in a new location. One of the Squirrels must have buried a bulb because I didn't. Now, up pops a brand new Asian Lily right in the middle of my garden!

Magnolia in Bloom

 

Magnolias are among the oldest types of flowering plants and are mainly pollinated by beetles. As beetles move from flower to flower, they carry pollen, helping the plant reproduce. While bees and other insects may visit occasionally, beetles remain the magnolia’s primary pollinators.

Palm Tree new Growth

I noticed these tiny palm fronds emerging in the middle of the palm tree’s rough bark. Not from the top where you’d expect, but from what appears to be an old, hardened part of the trunk. You know where I mean, the long stem-like part where older fronds have been cut and only small, curved dark piece remains.

Even though I have never seen a growth in the middle of a palm tree, it’s a reminder that growth doesn’t always follow the rules. Even in the toughest, most weathered places, something new can appear—fresh, green, and full of life. Nature has a funny way of surprising you like that.

Airplane Plant

• "Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn." —Lewis Grizzard

 

New Life in the Garden

The earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Redbud Tree in Bloom

 

• “There is something unmatched about spring flowers — an awakening, a renewal that fills the air with surreal harmonies of love and joy.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya
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Spring Flowers

There is something unmatched about spring flowers — an awakening, a renewal that fills the air with surreal harmonies of love and joy.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya 

Dahlia Bloom 

Bougainvillea

My Flower Boxes in my old Apartment

Beautiful Weekend Weather

My Dahlia is starting its second round of blooms.

I'm so excited.

See all the other buds around it. 

Saturday, we hit two plant stores. It was a hard job, 

but I limited myself to six little Pollinator Plants. 

I've been giving Bonnie Rae carrot pieces as a treat.

I was trying to sneak up to take this picture, which made her think she was in trouble. 

(She is a food thief, so ordinarily the guilty look would have been earned. )

Until I notice something else - Barbara 

Squirrels In My Garden

 

In My Garden

This is my new Liriope bed

These are my knees after I fell 

while making the new Liriope bed

Inside the Corn Plant

Red Tip Photinias make the Best and Tallest Shrub Fences

I throw my broken stems in my bird bath 

in hopes that something will survive

A nice Sunny Day

My Dahlia

My Dahlia

Until I notice something else - Barbara 
 

In My Garden

 

Frog Depot under Wood Slats

Love the concrete steps around the Garden

Airplane Plant - I have harvested so many babies into other pots

My Dahlia is full of blooms

My Salvia is starting to Bloom

Until I notice something else… —Barbara