CinnamonSugar
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It’s blueberry time! The bushes in my backyard
Gardening in 2023
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Trila
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They are beautiful! You are an amazing photographer!
Trila
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You are like me....there is more to see than just flowers!!!
Trila
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I LOVE blueberries! While on vacation, when I was a kid, I would pick huge bowls of wild blueberries.....and my Mom would make pancakes!!!
Now, I buy big bags of frozen berries from the grocery store. It's not the same......but it's better than nothing!
Trila
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This is one of my favorite wildflowers. I have no idea what it is, but I tend to like flower that grow on a spike (like snapdragons, etc). This one is extra tall this year!
Another wildflower that I like is the Spiderwart. Again, they are exceptionally big this year!
Another wildflower that I like is the Spiderwart. Again, they are exceptionally big this year!
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
Advisory: Close up pics of bugs included… if that gives you the willies, just skip …
was strolling in the garden and noticed tightly-packed clusters of these bugs
in several places in my crepe myrtle trees. My son assured me they are not termites. First time I’ve seen such a thing. Can Anyone Identify them?
If they are just swarming/transitory/harmless, I won’t mess with them. But if they will cause an infestation in the trees I will deal with them
thanks for your help
was strolling in the garden and noticed tightly-packed clusters of these bugs
in several places in my crepe myrtle trees. My son assured me they are not termites. First time I’ve seen such a thing. Can Anyone Identify them?
If they are just swarming/transitory/harmless, I won’t mess with them. But if they will cause an infestation in the trees I will deal with them
thanks for your help
CinnamonSugar
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A busy visitor to the garden
MarkD
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A flower pics from over the last week.
RadishRose
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Verbascum blattaria albiflorum – WHITE MOTH MULLEIN
MarkD
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Verbascum blattaria albiflorum – WHITE MOTH MULLEIN
Including the name of the plant is something I can get lax about. For the two I posted just before, the first is a succulent called Calandrinia spectabilis. It is very easy to grow but my garden designing neighbor avoids it because it blooms so heavily that it requires frequent grooming and deadheading to avoid looking ratty.
Here is a pic of it that shows some of its neighbors not close ups.
More pics of it can be found here: https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=1930
As for the rose in my last post in this thread, I’ve lost track of its name. But I sought it out because Botanica featured it on the cover of its huge book of roses and I liked the shape and color of its flower.
Edited to say I tracked it down. The rose is called Especially For You and here it is in its hay day along the rail of the corner deck, before competition drove out one of the plants.
A couple other older photos of it.
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PeppermintPatty
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A late start due to weather but I have planted four of these. In a couple of months they will look much different.
RadishRose
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I can't tell what these are. But I know they must eat.
There has been a warning about the Spotted Lantern fly and that it needs to be killed. Just in case, here's an article-
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/how-to-kill-spotted-lanternflies-delaware-research-wasps/
CinnamonSugar
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Ok @RadishRose I will keep that in mind
Trila
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Sorry....I don't know either.
Trila
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Trila
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@CinnamonSugar has inspired me to take this shot......
.....just an old stump, with some vines growing on it. It caught my eye as I was walking past.
.....just an old stump, with some vines growing on it. It caught my eye as I was walking past.
MarkD
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Gardens doing nature are wonderful but nature doing nature inspire awe in a different way. Some nature in the raw from recent walks at Fort Funston beach in San Francisco.
Trila
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Are those cala lilies (2nd pix)....they are beautiful l
Trila
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Here are just some of the wildflowers that are blooming in my yard or around my house......
Thistle flowers, and Thistle bud
Queen Ann's Lace
Black-eyed Susan's
The "bulb field" is just about all wildflowers, now. The orange color is all native lilies that I had gotten started in the middle......
I planted a package of "wildflower seed", and this is one of the plants that came up. I don't know what it is.
Thistle flowers, and Thistle bud
Queen Ann's Lace
Black-eyed Susan's
The "bulb field" is just about all wildflowers, now. The orange color is all native lilies that I had gotten started in the middle......
I planted a package of "wildflower seed", and this is one of the plants that came up. I don't know what it is.
MarkD
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No it is what I've always called Miner's Lettuce. There has been a lot of it growing even in the beach sand I guess because of our exceptionally wet winter. As the weather dries out and warms up a tad the foliage becomes stressed and red. As with aloe foliage, stressed can be more dramatic looking. Here is photo of it in normal circumstances.
MarkD
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Here are just some of the wildflowers that are blooming in my yard or around my house......
That first photo looks so much like a thistle I photographed again yesterday, this time a side view.
Here are ones I took before.
Trila
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They sure are pretty! We kill as many as we can because they try to take over. We can never get them all, and usually there are just enough of them to add a splash of color to the area.
Could they be barklice? If so I think they are okay bugs. But aside from not being good at identifying bugs even if I can see them, I don't feel like I can see them well enough in your photos (but don't feel like you need to post a picture of them closeup for me! eek!).
RadishRose
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I think that's Virginia creeper. We have it in our woods also.