What does your garden look like ... Today?

[Beverly]

The Tall Morning Glory v. Star of Yalta or Yelta (Ipomoea purpurea) started from seed earlier this year is beginning its climb up the arch and already putting out first blooms. This MG is known for having blooms that last longer then other varieties. I love the deep rich purple/blue velvety looking flowers.


The Mexican Firespike bush (Thyrsacanthus callistachyus) has been blooming for a few days. It is rich in nectar and the hummingbirds and butterflies love to feed from it. In my garden at this time the hummingbirds have been enthusiastically nectaring and knocking off lots of the spike blooms but i sure don't have a problem with that. It is one of my hummingbird feeders


Also the Jatropha multifida is putting out some blooms.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

In my garden at this time the hummingbirds have been enthusiastically nectaring and knocking off lots of the spike blooms]

Can't wait until the Hummingbirds are back here. Still a couple weeks away I believe. Looking forward to Orioles returning too, they both come back around the same time.

 

[Beverly]

The hummingbirds are here year around, so i am challenged to have nectar-rich blooms year around. This is when i appreciate the Red Shrimp plant. Once it starts blooming it doesn't stop, and puts out an abundance of blooms all year which is quite an accomplishment during the rainy season and the hurricane season

 

[Beth_B]

Phhtttt. We're having a snow storm as I write this! But many of the summer birds are coming back. There's probably over 100 at my feeders right now.

 

[Beverly]

Oooooo, chilly biscuits! This should be the last snow of the season, yes? So many birds, that is a good sign

 

[Beth_B]

Lol @ chilly biscuits! And I hope so! Spring can be unpredictable here...two weeks ago it was 73 degrees and sunny. This is why many of us northern gardeners have to wait until late may/early June to get stuff in the ground.

I do have irises and daffodils coming up and some trees are getting buds in response to earlier warm weather...but if this cold and snow continues the poor trees will have to start all over again. Its hard on fruit farmers.

I've counted over a dozen types of birds out my front window in the last hour. I'm going to have to restock the main feeder (and chase off the darn squirrels again.)

 

[zigs]

Still a bit bare on the plot, finished putting the debris netting along the fence to cut the wind and sheep out.

Just got the potatoes in before the rain came

 

[cas]

Phhtttt. We're having a snow storm as I write this!

Ha! I feel your pain. My yard looked like yours yesterday. Today rain instead of snow. Yippee!

 

[Beth_B]

Ha! I feel your pain. My yard looked like yours yesterday. Today rain instead of snow. Yippee!

Looks like we got the same storm system! Three inches of snow yesterday, which turned to rain, then it warmed up and the snow is all gone. Gotta love upper Midwest springtime. Or not lol.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I've been seeing a lot of growth in my native garden, and with warmer days ahead, I expect to see even more!

Purple Coneflower

Nodding Onion

Spiderwort

Gray-headed Coneflower

Wild Columbine

Lanceleaf Tickseed

Wild Bergamot

 

[Esther Knapicius]

View from my kitchen window yesterday.

 

[Beth_B]

Absolutely beautiful, Esther.

 

[Becky]

Gorgeous!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I was given a packet of Monarda didyma seeds today. I'm excited to try them out and compare them to my Monarda fistulosa plants. I've heard a lot about these so I was happy to have them.