The weather outside is……..

……delightful…..

Low 80’s,sunny,breezy,low humidity….

Perfect for getting out there.

Weeding.

Getting the garden back in order.

So,with gloves on,clippers in hand,I set out to make this garden ship-shape.

 

However,I,also,had the camera with me……

 

……and my ADHD kicked in…..

 

very little weeding got done…..

 

Red-winged Blackbird

 

Goldfinches

 

Blue Sage

 

Pink Brandywine tomato

 

Dill

 

 

Blue Butterfly Bush Clerodendrum ugandense

 

Lemon Grass Cymbopogon in bloom

 

Zebra Long Wing on the Jatropha

 

Ground orchid growing on the lanai

 

Brown Turkey Fig.I’ve gotten over a dozen of these so far,this year.I roast ‘em.

 

I still have weeding to do………………………

 

Tomorrow,the camera stays inside!

 

Maybe……………..

 

Maybe not…………….

Hibiscusssssss

Many,many years ago,we grew hibiscus,here,on the GreatWall.But after an infestation of grasshoppers destroyed them,we sort of gave it up.

This year,they have been rediscovered,and we're giving it another attempt.

Don't ask us the names........we're not good with names.

Unless one of us remembers to save the plant tag.


Which hardly ever happens.

We saved the tag!!!!!..............Hibiscus moscheutos 'Luna White'

The flowers are the size of a salad plate.Love this one!!!

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My Newest Favorite Flower

Earlier,I posted that Plectranthus was my new favorite plant,but this is my new favorite flower.
I had seen this plant years ago,on Sanibel Island.Not knowing what it was(nor did the owner),they gave me a cutting,but,alas,it did not take.So,imagine my delight when I found it in a little nursery by our house.

It is Hibiscus Acetosella,"Red Shield."

It's small pink flowers open for one day,only for a few hours.The lady at the nursery told me to whack it back when it got to be about one foot tall,and it will bush out even more.I am trying to root that cutting,and so far,it seems to be taking.

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