Just add heat and humidity, along with all the pollen. This week is a scorcher. Out of nowhere we went from cool and rainy to hot and humid. I have been planting vegetables like crazy in my garden, and trying to keep up with the watering to help them acclimate.
Just a few really interesting views on what is happening.
Native coral honeysuckle. Lonicera sempervirens
It attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Supposedly a rare native butterfly, whose name escapes me at the moment. This beautiful plant is in the children’s garden at the Howard County Conservancy community gardens. I am attempting to maintain and catalog what is there.
Including this.
Poppy family, maybe? I am learning more about flowers these days, while still maintaining my vegetable plot.
On the home front, the warm weather triggered the rhododendron.
There are two bushes in our yard. One, my favorite, the white one, doesn’t always display a large number of blooms. This year, yes, it has.
Anything new and exciting in your gardens this year?
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