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| A MONARCH BUTTERFLY ENJOYS SOME NECTAR ON ONE OF THE HELIOTROPE STANDARDS. |
Much of the eastern US experienced fierce weather yesterday, as a cold front and a stronger than usual storm system kept many of us under the threat of tornados, hail and severe thunderstorms. Thankfully, we only suffered from some minor flooding and wind after a full day of threatening clouds and warnings. I was prepared for either no glass on the greenhouse today, or at the very least, torn foliage from hail, but we awoke to bright sunshine and cool, dry breezes – and for early September, we experienced what felt and looked like, a very ‘spring’ day.
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| WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY, IT FELT BRIGHTER THAN USUAL, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THE DAYS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING SHORTER. |
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| THE PURPLE IOCHROMA CYANUM GROWING IN A POT, SEEMED EXCEPTIONALLY BRILLIANT TODAY AFTER THE STORMS. IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE I WILL NEED TO RELOCATE THIS TROPICAL BACK INTO THE GREENHOUSE. |
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| TODAY, ALL OF THE JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES WERE BLOOMING. THIS ONE HAD A SHIMMER EFFECT IN THE CELL STRUCTURE OF THE FLOWER, NOT UNLIKE NERINE SARNIENSIS – IT SPARKLED LIKE GLITTER OR DIAMOND DUST. |
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| I LOVE SURPRISES. I FORGOT THAT I HAD MOVED SOME AGAPANTHUS OUT BACK AROUND THE GOLDFISH POND. TODAY, I NOTICED THAT THIS ONE WAS BLOOMING. A FALL BLOOMER, THIS IS THE WILD FORM OF THE RARELY SEEN SPECIES- AGAPANTHUS INAPERTUS, AN AGAPANTHUS WITH PENDANT FLOWERS NATIVE TO SOUTH AFRICA. |
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| HERE IS WHAT’S BEEN ATTRACTING ALL OF OUR HUMMINGBIRDS THIS YEAR. IT’S BUDDLEA LINDLEYANA – THE WEEPING BUTTERFLY BUSH, A RARELY SEEN SPECIES THAT COMES FROM CHINA. FOR US, IT FORMS THESE 2 FOOT LONG PANICLES THAT HANG. |
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| DILL BLOSSOMS IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. |
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| BEGONIA’S LOOK BEST IN SEPTEMBER, THIS SPECIES IS NEW FOR US, B. MOYESII. I LOVE THE WRINKLED FOLIAGE WITH A PATTERN NOT UNILKE A SPIDER WEB. |
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| THE GOURDS ARE STARTING TO COLOR-UP AND MATURE |
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| NOW THAT IT HAS BLOOMED, THE MANGAVE ‘BLOODSPOT’ HAS BLOSSOMS THAT HINT TO THE AGAVE’s RELATIONSHIP TO TUBEROSES. THIS STALK HAS BEEN DRIVING THE YELLOW JACKETS CRAZY. |
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