For the love of Monarda
Those insects sure like my Monarda!
Year: 2021
Insect of the day (pinky-lover)
My insect of the day is a tiny unidentified coleoptera, lost in an ocean of pink. Approx. 2-3 mm long, maybe of the Chrysomelidae family?
The chimeric lavatera
Last year I reported on the tendency of my ‘Barnsley’ lavatera to revert to type. This season, that trend is confirmed: there are really few pretty, very pale pink ‘Barnsley’ type flowers left. The majority of the flowers are a plain pink ‘Rosea’ type. The 2 cuttings taken last year…
A European stag beetle on my lawn!
This beautiful specimen of Lucanus cervus (male) (European stag beetle) was walking quietly on my lawn. I had plenty of time to take his picture from several angles. Who says a well-tended garden and lawn are bad for biodiversity?
Today’s blooms
Some of today’s blooms in Papi Jo’s garden, just before the weather changed, with rain!
Macro Photography Safari
This morning, a little macro safari by the river, for a change from the garden. I met the “usual suspects” there…
Two shades of blue?
I’ve had G. Rozanne in my garden for quite a few years. I’m somewhat disappointed with its lack of vigour and flowering. Recently I went to my fav. nursery to purchase a couple of new specimens, with the hope to get more flowers in the G. Rozanne patch. They didn’t…
My cereal plot
Papi Jo’s garden is strictly an ornamental garden, even if it has had some potato plants in the past. At the moment, however, there are 2 cereal plants growing at the foot of the ‘Evereste’ apple tree. Birdseed left over from the apple tree in winter. One is bearded, the…
The ant and the aphids…
Fable of the day
Weird being in the garden
Mystery plant? animal? of the day in papi Jo’s garden. Looking forward to your informed guesses, fellow gardeners. No prizes given, sorry.