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Reminds me of the lantana flowers that butterflies also love. So much bare ground. I am envious.
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It's garlic season here.
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I think Douglas hand pollinates his.
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I'll try the hand pollination.
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QUOTE=GrowingCoastal;705603]Reminds me of the lantana flowers that butterflies also love. So much bare ground. I am envious.[/QUOTE]
This is in front of the house. So I can't put anything there which will cover up the windows. I'll go wild in the backyard, but I didn't want the beds in front of the house to look too cluttered. Donna Last edited by SpookyShoe; June 24, 2018 at 11:15 AM. |
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#96 |
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#98 |
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I've tried hand pollinating the tops of the pistils with pollen on the head of a q-tip and it isn't working. My "Inspiration" appears to be sterile.
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Darn... well it's a good excuse to plant more of those gorgeous things (but fruitful ones!).
There isn't much flowering here at the moment, but it has turned warm, and after heavy rain today I found this fellow clinging to a patch of weeds... |
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He's really hairy! Pretty, but hairy.
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Haha!! Yeah I think he dressed for the weather here.
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Our swallowtails are hairy here too!
Last month I got some pics of a youngster feeding on phygellius capensis 'Cape Fuchsia' though not really a fuchsia. Though a youngster this Rufous hummingbird is very muscular. The young ones try to sit and feed but must lift their own weight to get a good drink from these flowers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sitting almost in the middle towards one o'clock. ![]() Sitting next to some toad flax which they love, flicking out its long tongue. ![]() This youngster will fly off to Costa Rica. I have read articles that tell of oil rig workers in the gulf putting out feeders for these little fliers on their long journey. Sweet ![]() |
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#104 |
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Aunt Jane's butterfly is hairy too.
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We have that one here too... all our butterflies have nice warm sweaters.
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