Plants – Page 30 – Everything is Not Black and White

One of Five Flowers

Planted a box of wildflower seeds. Should have been a mass of colorful flowers; but the result was just a few random plants.

Weren’t the seeds viable? Or… were they a nice snack for the birds, mice, and squirrel?

Calendula

Other Four Plants/Flowers

Wildflower

Morning Glories

Morning Glory Bud

Morning Glory Pale Blue

Morning Glory Blue

Morning Glory Exterior

Morning Glory Pale Pink

Morning Glory Spent Flower

Morning Glory Seed Pod

Datura Seed Pod

Datura

Datura grown from seed harvested from 2017 volunteer.

The seed pods are very sharp and pointy. I do not touch them. I place a container under and snip the stems. If I am lucky the seed pod drops into the container.

Datura Seed Pod

Dietes

Dietes Flower

Dietes Bloom

Dietes Seed Pod Split

Dietes Seed Pod

Spider Mites on a Potted Brugmansia

Spider Mites

And I have no idea who this is–

Not a Spider Mite

Brug in Pot

After the last flowers bloom, I plan to remove all of the leaves and then treat the Brug with systemic.

Brugmansia and Datura

Brug Datura

Variegated Brugmansia and a Datura
The Datura flowers open upward.
They both have a delicious fragrance.

Bob and Nest, Elliot and Burrow in Progress

Bob Nest

Bob, Nest and Eggs
August 1, 2018

Bob Nest

Bob Building Nest After Egg Removal
August 19, 2018

Elliot Hole

One of Elliot’s Holes in Hill Garden

Elliot Hole

Elliot and Dash. Elliot is the small black bunny. She was rescued running around the neighborhood. Dash is the large ginger bunny. He was a shelter bunny.