The Monarch Butterflies have been really obsessed with the Zinnias this year. These flowering annuals stay attractive for months.
Category Archives: Flowers
P & P Orchard
The Persimmon/Pecan Orchard has slowly been growing through the years. A lot of flowering plants have been planted among them.
Sorbaria Cuttings
I took stem cuttings of a Sorbaria this spring. The plants actually are flowering already.
Surprise Flower Garden
Surprise Lilies leaf out in early Spring, but later the leaves disappear. Now the flowers have come up from seemingly out of nowhere.
Deadly Attraction
Castor Bean plants are one of the most ornamental foliage plants that can be grown. These are fast growing annual plants in my location. The only downside is that they are toxic.
Thistle Weeds
Thistles are attractive to many animals. Swallowtails are frequently seen among thistle patches.
Titan Fontanesia
This little known shrub has attractive bamboo-like appearance. The bark on the branches looks cool, too. These young plants haven’t flowered yet, but hopefully that adds another ornamental aspect to this rare bush.
Alabama Snow Wreath
I think this is the first year that I had Alabama Snow Wreath flower. This is a nice little shrub grown mostly for its flowers.
Poor Little Milkweed
I came across a Milkweed plant that was full of Milkweed Tussock Moth and Monarch Caterpillars. Milkweed is a common weed around here. Lately I have been mowing around them and generally letting Milkweed live and propagate, to help some of the insects that depend on this toxic plant.
Cherry Sucker Versus Goji Berry
Goji Berries haven’t done very well in my climate. These plants grow like they are half vine and shrub, sprawling all over. The leaves fall off prematurely and the the fruit is usually ate up by the birds. Now a Carmine Jewel Cherry sucker has grown incredibly close to the Goji Berry, threatening to take […]