What's blooming in your yard?

[Patty Smyth]

I see peeps who have them all wrapped up

[Patty Smyth]

[Patty Smyth]

Another one bites the dust

[Tbites]

I thought about wrapping them up, but they hadn't bloomed yet. I saw chew marks on the stems of 2 other sunflowers and thought it was the "sunflower stem weevil" but it seems it's the squirrels.... I think even if I wrap the future blooms.... they'll just chew below it. Might look into the electronic deterrent a neighbor recommended. Last year's squirrels were cool, I gave them food... they left my stuff alone. Seems this year's buggers didn't get the memo !!

I think maybe I'll just stick a clematis in that area next year.

[Francis23]

I think those are oxtail daisies growing in your yard.

[Tbites]

I think those are oxtail daisies growing in your yard.

LOL, who's yard are you referring to ?

[walkonby]

I just love all the pics from you all!! We did very little this year, bought some stuff for baskets, etc. However out back we have a tree thingy ( I think it is a Hyacinth?) The flowers are so pretty and I had about 6 bloom all at once last week!

Here is a closeup of one

[GoJays]

that's a tropical hibiscus, love take it in once the temperatures start dropping towards the freezing level, poor little guy won't survive our winters

[marstec]

Lovely hibiscus, walkonby! I have a double red flowering one in the house, but it doesn't get enough sun to bloom consistently.

Tbites and Patty, so sad to see the damage the squirrels did on your sunflowers. They are very wily creatures, I've heard...even those "squirrel-proof" bird feeders can't foil them.

[BC Gal]

Bad squirrels!!! I didn`t know they broke the heads off sunflowers like that. Sure hope it regrows another head.

Pretty hibiscus walkonby

[BC Gal]

oops, you weren`t asking me - lol, having one of those days

[walkonby]

that's a tropical hibiscus, love take it in once the temperatures start dropping towards the freezing level, poor little guy won't survive our winters

I read your advice out loud when DH was near, followed by " Oh! i didn't know that! " , to which he chirped " I did"

What a know-it-all eh?

Thanks GoJays!!

[GoJays]

yw

[AliceStewart21]

I grow some roses in my little garden

[GoJays]

Rose of Sharon has finally started


shasta daisies underneath rose of sharon


one of many daylilies - i don't pay attention to their variety names though


catalpa seed pods