What does your garden look like ... Today?

[alp]

Tomorrow, I will try this close to see what happens .. Probably a blur!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Now whose going to lower the tone of poor @JBtheExplorer 's lovely thread......me!!!
I know ( as @alp politely informed me ) I take pics with a shaky hand and I only like to use my tablet as it's much easier to post them on here straight away (can't master anything more technically challenging). Hence the colours are ......how shall I put it......not true, infact very dodgy looking

So I hear by apologise in advance to JB.

My attempt at trying to be creative......training some Mina Lobata up a conifer

And a few more from around the garden

 

[alp]

as @alp politely informed me ) I take pics with a shaky hand

! Sorry, I really don't know how to do politely! Lovely flowers and garden design. I wish I had a bit of the design and the variety of plants.

 

[alp]

'Cosmos Cupcake - @Upsy Daisy must have eaten part of the flower!

A dainty pink dahlia - as if frozen in time. No movement for days

finely dissected palmatum

Another tormentor - another teaser

Apart from the dents in the petal, this lily is just striking

The omnipresent viburnum bonariensis

Another teaser - rudbeckia

 

[alp]

I love this very much - Oleander. I will look out for a pink one

Tree lily is so pure

Love this little lacecap with starry like florets

Dianthus. Now off to clean the kitchen!

 

[alp]

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A dainty pink dahlia - as if frozen in time. No movement for days
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finely dissected palmatum

Another tormentor - another teaser
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Apart from the dents in the petal, this lily is just striking
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The omnipresent viburnum bonariensis
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Another teaser - rudbeckia
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Ooops! Fake news, as Trump said. It Verbena Bonariensis! Hope the spelling is correct.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

A couple years ago I decided to plant some Butterflyweed around my mailbox. I had grown extras that year and had no where to put them, and I thought it'd be great to put them out there. I planted something like five or six of them around the base of my mailbox. It looked great the following year, and looks fantastic this year.

Even better, I just found seven large Monarch caterpillars on it! That's the whole point of planting native plants - to help native species like the Monarch butterfly.

Imagine if everyone on just my street alone also did the same around their mailboxes. There would be hundreds of caterpillars, and hundreds of nectar sources. Imagine if everyone within the Monarch's range did the same around their mailboxes.

 

[alp]

When I first set sight on butterfly weeds, I didn't see butterflies, but tons of bees. This orangy flowers were completely new to me.The vibrancy of the orange colour made me take tons of photos. Later, a nice forumer on another forum sent me some seeds and I tried them. Wanting more, I bought some more and now they are showing the orange colour in the buds. Very excited as i never thought they could survive the prolonged snowing .. Don't think we will attract that kind of caterpillars though. I also bought seeds of Garlic mustard for another butterfly, but I'm running out of room and always hover between killing or keeping them.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Love the look of the Butterfly Weed, stunning shot @JBtheExplorer ....especially zooming in on the caterpillars!!!

I have a lot to learn, hunting out my other camera now! Not a flashy all singing and dancing one though ....knowing my luck it won't make a jot of difference to the final outcome!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Another 'tablet 'one from today

Oops! got the biscuit container in there......not that I eat them

 

[Upsy Daisy]

....I know what I can blame for my rubbish pics.......the lack of a lush green lawn.......got to blame somthing, phew feel a lot better now!!!

 

[alp]

@Upsy Daisy Beautiful house, beautiful flowers and beautiful photos. With a bit of rain, you will have a beautiful lawn soon. The 2nd photo is very good.

 

[Becky]

Imagine if everyone on just my street alone also did the same around their mailboxes. There would be hundreds of caterpillars, and hundreds of nectar sources. Imagine if everyone within the Monarch's range did the same around their mailboxes.

That would be pretty awesome Maybe you should save some seeds and give them to all your neighbours? Or maybe just chuck them into their gardens and see what happens

 

[MaryMary]

@JBtheExplorer, I think giving them to your neighbors is a great idea!!

I understand that they are a little hard to start from seed, but since you have the experience... Why don't you grow some with the intention of giving them away? Set the plants at the end of your driveway, and someone will take them. People like free stuff.

I think a piece of poster board might cost you a dollar...

Butterfly weed.
Free to a good home!!
Plant in full sun.


If half of the plants that you give away live, then it's more than before.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

@JBtheExplorer
Why don't you grow some with the intention of giving them away? Set the plants at the end of your driveway, and someone will take them.

Way ahead of you on that!

I've been putting a small plant stand out by the road for the past two years and selling native plants for cheap. I sell them for just enough to pay for the pots, potting soil, seed starting trays, and anything else I need to grow them, and a little left over that I use to buy new plants and seed packets. Just around 80 plants sold over the last two years.