My favorite photos of bees this year - bees in Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' and Alstroemeria:
Now I'm headed out to do some deadheading. I'll cut some flowers to bring inside. I'm looking at some lovely peach dahlias that will make a nice bouquet.
It's a nice time for gardening. Most of the tasks are easy - wandering around deadheading and picking the occasional weed and watering containers. I always say I'm going to plant fewer containers but end up with dozens. At least we have most of them set up with drip irrigation this year.
I continue my ongoing battle with crabgrass, which I am hand-pulling in my little lawn (maybe 800 square feet).
July 13, 2013
July 2, 2013
More pollinators: hummingbird and bees
A couple more photos taken today.
Bee in delphinium
Bee in penstemon (under a banana leaf)
Hummingbird feasting on hot-lips salvia (a current favorite)
Hummingbird waiting for a mate on the scarlett runner bean vine
Bee in delphinium
Bee in penstemon (under a banana leaf)
Hummingbird feasting on hot-lips salvia (a current favorite)
Hummingbird waiting for a mate on the scarlett runner bean vine
Butterflies! Western Tiger Swallowtail and Mourning Cloak
I got my first pictures of these butterflies in my yard today. I'd seen them before but didn't have my camera. Here are a few of the photos I just took.
The mourning cloak is "puddling" - getting minerals from the mud next to the stream.
The mourning cloak is "puddling" - getting minerals from the mud next to the stream.
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