Bunny, Mushroom, Freesia, and Dianthus
Freesia has a lovely fragrance. The dianthus does not produce a fragrance similar to cloves. Its fragrance is typical carnation.
Senecio Bud
The Senecio was a cutting from my first Senecio plant. The plant roots where it lands. It does produce a fragrance similar to cloves.
I like that the plant fills empty spaces.
This is the original pieces that I snagged from the Trapped Cactus.
Untrapped Cactus Bud 1
Untrapped Cactus Bud 2
Untrapped Cactus Bud 3
The Solandra maxima flowers have a delicious fragrance from dusk to early morning. I thought the plant had died, but couldn’t bring myself to remove it. It went nearly a year without a single leaf. Sometimes being patient results in lovely gifts.
March 27, 2020 evening activity
The Solandra maxima flower has sustained rain and wind damage.
March 28, 2020 morning activity
Interior of Spent Flowers
I was pruning shrubs and thought this was a leaf. Until I picked it up and its legs started moving.
Rock, South Hills
Agave Colors and Textures
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Freesia and Bunny Ornament
Oakleaf Hydrangea Leaf Damage
Odd Colored Flower on Variegated Brug
Typical Brug Flower on Variegated Plant
Flowers on Other Brugs
Odd Flower On Double White Brug
Typical Double White Brug Flower
Pods on Double White Brug
Nearly all the Billbergia nutans flowers have been eaten in the back garden.
Who did it? We have had families of squirrels, mice, and roof rats hanging out in the gardens.
I baited our humane traps with orange peel, peanut butter, and seeds.
Now I wait…
Checked the traps at 7:00 pm. A rat ran down the tree from the bird feeder, but the trap was empty.
This is what I found in the trap in the back garden.
Day 2 7:50 pm. Rat two capture. Noticed that nearly all of the orange peel and seed is gone. Must have been a hungry little one.
Day 4 6:50 pm Rat three. He is quite calm considering he was trapped.
Day 5 7:54 pm Rat 4. The largest rat we have found in the trap.
Day 6 5:45 pm Rat 5, part of a family of three little ones. Waiting to catch at least one more, don’t want to send such a small rat into its new location on its own. While I was waiting to trap an least one of the other wee rats, number 5 managed to escape in the garage.
Day 6 7:30 pm Rat 6 and 7
Rats 6 and 7 are in a tall trash can, topped with a lid.
Baited both traps and placed them near captured 6 and 7.
Rat 5 recaptured. He is in the container with Rats 6 and 7. Rats 6 and 7 and in a little furry pile.
Day 7 Rat 8 8:50 PM, the largest rat yet.
Information on Billbergia nutans–San Marcos Growers
When I opened my flower press today, I found something interesting…
…the leaves that I gathered from a dying succulent now have plantlets. How cool is that?!
One of the reasons that I am loving succulents is how resilient many are and often how easy it is to make more plants.
The dried leaf colors and textures are gorgeous!
The dried leaf brought to mind my bronze dagger series, Tools for Rent.
