My Hydrangea quercifolia, commonly known as Oakleaf Hydrangea started as a wee plant. My original plant is located at the corner of the deck. Some in shade, some in full sun.
I took starts from it and have plants growing in three other niches.


Category: Gardens
Scarlet Runner Bean Flower with Salvia Flower
Salvia and Scarlet Runner Bean Flower
The scarlet bean plants are volunteers. They are from beans that I grew last session. Last year some neighborhood kids sold us seeds for 25 cents each. The kids went into detail about how easy the beans were to grow, red color of the flowers (scarlet), and how to prepare the beans.
The bean flower has already been partially eaten by a spotted cucumber beetle. They are those pretty little insects that look a bit like elongated green lady bugs.
I have chosen not to use systemic in most of my garden spaces because I want my gardens to be an inviting environment for butterflies and hummingbirds.
Lichens on the Olive Trees
Three Salvia and a Volunteer Bean Plant
Red
Garden 20200527
Ipomoea
Pandorea, First Blooms Plants Started From Harvested Seed
Pandorea
Salvia
Senecio radicans
Gazania
Gazania
Cracked Agave
A Few In Flower Today
Weed Poof and Seeds
I tossed the seeds around in my courtyard garden. Saved the poofs. Maybe they can be a potential art material.
Bee
I spent a few minutes this evening watching the bee.
Beautiful wings and fun barbed feet.
Courtyard Garden Progress
One of Several Eaten Brug Flowers
Salvia Leaf and First Bloom
Succulent Flowers with Ant
Removing Plants from Succulent Garden
Even though the garden is in the sun the majority of the day, many of the plants have become elongated. Decided to remove all of the plants, to pot some up, and relocate the rest to other gardens.
Succulents to Plant
Succulents Potted
