Happy Caturday from Milo— #caturday #cat #tuxedocat #kitty

White flowers as dusk starts to settle—Moon flower, foxglove, & white ginger—A fantastically large moth visited the moonflowers just as I walked up—The moon flowers have a delightful fragrance, but the ginger -intoxicating!— #moonflower #foxglove #whiteginger #hedychiumcoronaria#whiteflowers

Behold, political violence galore ⬇️

One of several spider lilies blooming now by the porch—Lycoris radiata—Raised from collected seed— #spiderlily #lycoris #lycorisradiata #fallbulbs

REMEMBER WHEN HE SAID SOME GUN DEATHS WERE ACCEPTABLE TO KEEP THE 2ND AMENDMENT?— I feel bad for the students shot today—

Glorious sunflowers—One of the easiest annuals to start from seed, you can collect more at the end of each season and have them forever—Leave the plants through winter; even dead, they will feed the birds and harbor insects— #sunflowers #fallblooms #endofsummer #pollinatorplant

In another instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” This video was deleted from Twitter. So you know what to do. 😏

‘Flying Saucer’ morning glory grown from purchased seed—A favorite— #morningglory #booms #summerflowers #inthegarden #gardenilife #gardening

Lovely feverfew in the garden— #feverfew #herb #blooming #inthegarden #gardening

A Gulf Fritillary enjoying the gold coneflowers— #butterfly #gulffritillary #nativeinsect #pollinator

Delighted to see black swallowtail caterpillars eating the bronze fennel—Sign of a healthy ecosystem!—They’ll pupate, the fennel will recover nicely— #blackswallowtail #caterpillar #nativeinsect #healthyecosystem

There’s a naked lady in my yard—Lycoris squamigera— #lily #surpriselily #lycoris

Sweet Milo— #cat #tuxedocat #milocat #furbaby

A darling wren has decided to nest in one of the ferns out front—I’ll be sure to give her as much privacy as I can— #birdsnest #nest #housewren #wren

Lilium ‘Shaherazade’ blooming now—A new variety for me this year— #lilium #lily #lilyshaherazade #inbloom #summerflowers

Lovely -and important- echinacea purpurea that I grew out from collected seed—By important, I mean in terms of it being a native source of food for our pollinators as well as small birds who eat its seeds later in the year— #echinacea #echinaceapurpurea #nativespecies #pollinatorfavorite

Lilium leichtlinii (yellow) and lilium lancifolium (orange tiger lily) blooming in the gardens—Love the freckles— #lily #lilium #liliumleichtlinii #liliumlancifolium #lilies #inbloom

This Rudbeckia comes back every year—Hungry & helpful finches scatter the seeds all over the yard in fall and winter—Key is not “cleaning” up the plants after the frost kills them—Leave them all winter!— #rudbeckia #wildflower #selfseeder #nativespecies

The garlic came in nice this year—They did well planted among the strawberries— #garlic #Summerharvest #kitchengarden

The yellow form of maxillaria tenuifolia in bloom on the porch— Like the reddish one, it has a phenomenal fragrance—Like an Almond Joy candy bar— #orchid #maxillaria #maxillariatenuifolia #fragrantorchid #inbloom

No kings!!!!—Atlanta shows up 🇺🇸 #nokings #nokingsday #resist #truepatriotism #abolishice

Lovely flowers in lilac colors in various garden beds on a cool and wet morning—Gladioli, monarda fistulosa, ‘Blue Chiffon’ rose of Sharon, and cosmos— #gladiolus #monarda # bee balm #rose of Sharon #cosmos #inbloom #in the garden #gardeners of Bluesky

Hemerocallis ‘Primal Scream’ doing it’s thing—Fantastically large flowers with great substance— #hemerocallis #daylily #primalscream #flowers #inbloom #gardenersofbluesky

Created a new path from the deck to the garage—Pea gravel and old pavers— #path #gardenpath #weekendproject #gravelpath #gardenproject

Sweet Milo in the window— #cat #tuxedocat #milocat #catplaying #catsofbluesky

Orchids blooming now: dendrobium chrysotoxum var suavissimum; maxillaria tenuifolia; noid encyclica tampensis hybrid— #orchids #dendrobium #maxillaria #encyclia

Morning garden walkabout on a rainy day: hollyhocks, mountain mint, bee-balm, and a lovely poppy— #inthegarden #inbloom #hollyhocks #beebalm #monarda #poppy #papever

Two campanulas in the garden after a morning rain— #campanula #inbloom #springflowers #inthegarden #gardenersofbluesky

A lace cap hydrangea in the driveway garden— #hydrangea #lacecaphydrangea #speingflowers #bloomingnow

Sprekelia formosissima surprised me with these— #sprekelia #springflowers #bloomingbulbs #gardenersofbluesky

Latest read—This, my introduction to Tan, as opposed to her many acclaimed novels—Loving it— #backyardbirdchronicles #goodread #readingnow #birds #amytan

The peonies are starting to open— #peony #peonies #spring #springflowers

Lilac hues in the garden: scilla litardieri, scilla peruviana, and a vintage noid iris— #lilac #scilla #irisgermanica #springblooms #inthegarden #blueskygardeners

Hippeastrum (mis-called amaryllis) are lovely at Christmas; I adore them in Spring as well— #hippeastrum #amaryllis #springbloom #southamericanbulb #garden #ontheporch

Lovely moment: ‘Mouse Ears’ hosta with Japanese sedum at midday— #moment #hosta #sedum #pottedplant #inthegarden #blueskygardener #garden

The Lady Banks rose is lovely this spring, and so is the Chinese viburnum— #ladybanksrose #rose #chineseviburnum #snowballbush #spring #springblooms #shrubs

More spring flowers: Spanish bluebells, hardy geraniums, bletillas, and ajuga— #spanishbluebells, #hyacinthoides, #bletillastriata, #hardygeranium, #ajuga #springflowers #springblooms

‘Quaker Lady’ bearded iris in the front bed—Charming old variety— #quakerlady #beardediris #irisgermanica #springflowers #inbloom

Iris albicans, aka ‘cemetery iris’ blooming somewhat late this year—Lovely— #irisalbicans #beardediris #irisgermanica #cemeterywhite #springbloom

Winter-sown allium and lilium formosanum seedlings ready to pot up into larger community pots— #seedlings #wintersowing #allium #liliumformosanum #lily #gardening

The first iris of the season; a lovely noid dark purple; also the Chinese viburnum and a single-flowered kerria Japonica blooming too in various areas of the yard and the garden— #iris #beardediris #snowballbush #chinesevibernum #kerriajaponica #spring #springflowers #inthegarden

More late daffodils in the yard including, from left, ‘Altun Ha,’ then ‘Thalia’ and a noid rescue that was gifted to me—Lastly, on the porch, a small arrangement— #daffodils #springblooms #Springflowers #flowerarrangement

Later-blooming daffodils in various areas of the yard—‘Tahiti’ is the double yellow; ‘Geranium’ is the white with yellow cup; I forgot the name of the pink and white—All lovely and deliciously fragrant— #daffodils #springflowers #springbulbs #spring

Various camellia japonicas blooming around the yard—The mostly white variegated one is ‘La Peppermint’ and the other variegated one is ‘Daikagura’—I don’t recall the names of the red & pink ones— #camellia #camelliajaponica #flowers #inbloom

The hyacinths are blooming now—I forget how marvelous these bulbs are—These have been in this bed for 3-4 years and I plant to add more of them this fall— #hyacinth #springbulbs #springblooms #hyacinthusorientalis

Daffodils including ‘Barrett Browning,’ a double sport of ‘Ice Follies,’ and ‘Campernelle’ blooming in the yard— #daffodils #springblooms #springflowers #springbulbs

‘Jetfire’ cyclamineus daffodil, one of my favorites at only 8-10” tall— #daffodil #springflowers #jetfiredaffodil

Various daffodils, iris reticulata, and muscari armeniacum blooming now— #daffodil #iris #muscari #springblooms #inthegarden

Feeling spring fever bigly, so posting this griffinia liboniana from last year— #griffinia #griffinia liboniana #rare plant #spring blooms

Winter in the yard— #winter #snow #winterplants #plantarchitecture