Category: Gardens
Cactus and Callistemon Flowers
When I purchased the Callistemon, the plant ID stated the flowers would be yellow. Not keen on the brilliant red, but bees and hummingbirds seem to be attracted to the flowers.
One of many bees enjoying the Callistemon (bottlebrush).
Callistemon (bottlebrush)
Seed Pods
From a different Callistemon that was pruned and is not yet blooming.
More Cactus Flowers
Salix Catkins
Trapped Cactus
7:00 am
7:00 pm
Cactus Flowers
Blue Flowers
Cerinthe
Iris
Nigella
Passion Vine
Tragopogon porrifolius
Nasturtium and Poppies
Nasturtium
Poppies
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
A new visitor has been coming to our bird feeder. Difficult to take a photo because it doesn’t stay still very long and is too far away.
The bird quickly enters the bird feeder, snags a seed, exits, and flies into the oak or pine trees.
We built the bird feeder out of a wire-coated basket and some scrap wood. We hoped the wire would keep out the squirrels.
Today I was able to capture a photo of the visitor, not a great one. But it was good enough that I could use it to identify the bird.
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Canadian Wildlife Federation, Hinterland Who’s Who
Las Pilitas Nursery–California Native Plants
Succulent Garden After the Rain
Untrapped Cactus, One of Three Buds
Torn Succulent Leaf with Plantlets
I was cleaning a garden and found this torn leaf. How did it get torn?
This leaf appears to have been eaten.
