The northeast corner of Mississippi, USA zone 7b
I made most of these photos on Friday or Saturday, before the rain began on Saturday night. Our weather forecast is for rain to continue until mid-day on Thursday.
My Gladiolas are just about finished blooming; I think this is the last one.
Marigolds with a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
I believe this is
Hibiscus moscheutos, a native wildflower
Althea, Rose of Sharon,
Hibiscus syriacus, is a large shrub (or maybe a small tree).
A double Day Lily near our driveway
Butterfly Bush,
Buddleia, with its powerful aroma draws the bees and butterflies.
On Saturday I bought 3 more Geraniums for my front porch planters. I did not realize they were different colors until I got them home. The one on the left is 'Americana Cherry Rose' and the other two are 'Americana Bright Red.'
And in the Vegetable Garden:
Tomatoes,
Okra,
and Cucumbers.
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Hello, love the butterflies and beautiful blooms. Have a happy day and a great new week!
ReplyDelete...a colorful world.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers - and butterflies! I have a very similar double daylily. I love all daylilies, and have quite a few myself. Happy bloom day!
ReplyDeleteLovely blossoms and tasty veggies ...what garden can be more bountiful.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful post, Lea!
ReplyDeleteWow Lea your garden--flowers and veggies--is looking very good.
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I love that beautiful yellow Gladiola. Happy GBBD, Lea!
ReplyDeleteNot sure you will find it funny or not but I have to tell you what happened to me Saturday. I went to a daylily breeder in the Finger Lakes for their open house (NY state). I was wearing a T-shirt from a restaurant near Charleston, SC which had a picture of a big okra flower on the back. One of their volunteers commented "that's a pansy, isn't it?" Well, he didn't believe me when I told him it was an okra flower. (I used to grow both green and red okra when I lived in Arkansas years ago.) So it was nice seeing yours along with the hisbiscus like wildflower, and the daylily. Hope your rain stops soon.
ReplyDeleteThe butterflies particularly stand out!
ReplyDeleteNice butterflies. I grow so many flowers they are supposed to love, but there must be something better elsewhere, because I rarely get them! A swallowtail flew over the yard twice, zero monarchs. I love gladiola.
ReplyDeleteLea, I can't seem to link up with this meme---I tried
ReplyDeleteMB
Please--do
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I'm never successful at capturing photos of the butterflies that flit through my garden, so well done! Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteThank you
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Happy GBBD! My okra are a bit behind yours, but I hope they catch up soon!
ReplyDeleteThe glads are lovely, as are the hibiscus and althea, and your vegetable bloom pictures just make me hungry.
ReplyDeleteOh i am a butterfly chaser, so i love those. It looks like your vegetation is just like ours, tropical. We have all those plants too, although our butterflies are different.
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