Still blooming in the front yard
The California native plants are definitely the survivors in our front yard. After several heat waves, and for this time of year, most of...
Anna's hummingbird discovers the foxglove
The "Polkadot Pippa" foxglove Digitalis hybrid that I planted from a seedling this year in late spring is starting to bloom. It still is...
And even more monarch caterpillars!
So I was just checking the second narrow leaf milkweed plant on the patio, and look what I discovered. More monarch caterpillars! This is...
Blue thimble plant is still blooming
Although much of it is drying up, as are most of our native annuals in the garden, one of the blue thimble plants gilia capitata, is...
The Flame skimmer is back
The female Flame skimmer Libellula saturata is back! Here she is perched on a dried up stalk of an orange sulphur Klondike cosmos plant...
mama monarch butterfly?
There is a beautiful monarch butterfly that often visits the patio and front yard. Here she is feeding on nectar in a California Delta...
The American Lady butterfly
An American Lady butterfly Vanessa virginiensis spent a lot of time on the patio visiting flowers for nectar. I haven't seen it on cosmos...
More monarch caterpillars, oh my!
Look what I found on one of our Narrow Leaf Milkweed plants this morning. I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered this monarch...
How to attract hundreds of pollinators to your garden
After developing a mostly native plant garden in our current home, I now know which are the prime plants that will attract local...
Nasturtiums in September
It is late summer transitioning to fall, which means fewer blossoms on plants. It makes one appreciate even more the beauty of every...
