Thicket Bean Vine and Gray Hairstreak Caterpillar, 18 August 2020
six on Saturday, 15 August 2020
At this time of year my garden is essentially green, lots of shades of green, but essentially green because I rely so heavily on wildflowers for color. And most of the wildflowers have gone to seed by now. Fortunately, though, we have not entered a dry period in Alabama, so even though the temperatures have …
Wordless Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Wordless Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Wordless Wednesday, 15 July 2020
six on Saturday, 4 July 2020
The stem structure of Hairy Angelica (Angelica venenosa) with its compound umbels of multiple rays ending in secondary umbels of small five-petaled flowers just seemed perfect for the featured photo for Six on Saturday, the 4th of July--a little plant fireworks for everyone. I wrote about this native last June, but I find several more …
Wordless Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Wordless Wednesday, 17 June 2020
six on Saturday, 13 June 2020
1. I'm going to start out immediately with my first entry, because I've been waiting for these North American natives to bloom for a couple of weeks now--and for a couple of reasons. I look for the black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) to bloom because they signal my birthday. I also am happy to see them …
