After they finish blooming, the bulbs will be added to the garden.
Author: NLS
Another Gift of Weeds
Gift of Weeds
Borage and Damage
6/20/21 Folded Small Paper Pots for Planting Seed
Planted a single seed in each paper pot.
50 Borage
10 Black Barlow
5 Nigella
Placed the lot in a plastic pizza container. Covered with Cling Wrap
6/25/21 Removed the cling wrap, there were over 25 sprouts.
Potted them up because the roots from one seedling were growing into the neighbor paper pots.
6/29/21 Transplanted Some of the Seedlings in the Garden.
Potted up the rest. Finished at nearly noon.
This is What I found at 3:30
6/30/21 What I Found on the Deck Today
The 3 Potted Borage Seedlings I Placed on the Deck
Even a succulent start was ripped from its pot.
Who is responsible for the damage? Pretty sure it was a California Towhee family.
This has been a frustrating year for gardening. My flats have been ripped up, several plants in the greenhouse were shredded. Wildflower and Datura seedlings vanished from the garden.
Hibiscus trionum (Flower-of-an-Hour)
Protected Datura
The morning after I planted Datura seedlings, I found the leaves eaten and some plants totally missing.
This is a seedling I popped in a pot of evening primrose and morning glories, all protected.
Pandorea jasminoides
After Bee Visitors
This Morning
First glance, I felt a bit frustrated.
A closer look…
…it’s a beautiful vessel!
Centaurea cyanus
Seventeen Days Between Bud and Flower
The Cornflower ‘Classic Magic’ seed was purchased from Select Seeds.
This appears that it may be a different color.
Centaurea cyanus at Select Seeds
A Bee and a Blue Butterfly
While I was watching the bees, a lovely blue butterfly stopped by.
May Be Icaricia acmon–Acmon Blue
Alcom Blue
Wikipedia
New Growth–Brachychiton
March 2016, I gathered seed pods from the Home Depot parking lot.
I planted several seeds. Nine trees survived. The trees are 18″ to 36″ in height. Seven were transplanted next to the garden wall.
Two trees are still in pots. One has some beautiful new growth. I hoped that the buds would become flowers. They chose to become more leaves.
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