Archive for the ‘Gardens’ Category
Morning Glories
Saturday, September 19th, 2020Oak Tree Litter and Eaten Pine Cone
Friday, September 18th, 2020
Bromeliad Flowers
Sunday, September 13th, 2020This is one of the Bromeliads that I moved in June from a too sunny location in the courtyard to its new garden space under Brugmansia.
Attempted to remove the leaf litter from the Bromeliad. It doesn’t just look sharp, it is sharp! I didn’t have tweezers at the ready.
Untrapped Cactus Potted
Friday, September 11th, 2020Potted up the UnTrapped Cactus. It was yellowing, most likely the result of too much sun.
The plants were starts from Trapped Cactus.
April 2018 Image of the Trapped Cactus Parent Plant
Now in the Plant Hospital
Plan to Document the Changes to This Plant
Thistle Silk
Monday, August 24th, 2020
A Little Bit of Yellow
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020Detail Dietes Flower
Aphids on Milkweed Plants
The Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Visited the Garden Again, Today
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
The draw to the garden is the Passiflora.
A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar found in the garden in 2019.
Its chrysalis–
Crassula capitella Red Pagoda and Mealybugs
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020Nearly all of my Crassula capitella Red Pagoda have these–
I cleaned the plants and placed them in the plant hospital in the upstairs bathroom. Plan to give the plants a little time to see if more mealybugs surface. If they do I will dispose of the plants.
The day I brought the Crassula capitella Red Pagoda home in 2018. It is the plant on the right.
The Echeveria Black Knight today–
Morning Glory
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
Friday, August 21st, 2020Attempted to take a photo of a Gulf fritillary butterfly that visited my courtyard garden.
All of the photos were blurry. Wouldn’t pause long enough to see its wing detail.
Just as I put my phone in my pocket, it flew around my head and landed on a Passiflora leaf. I put my hand down next to it.
Its antenna stroked my finger. Much cooler than a photo!
It is important to live in the moment, to contemplate something beautiful.