Two-Colored Flowers

Bat-Face Cuphea--unusual, but easy to grow.

Bleeding Heart Vine, Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Some Strange Bees

I don't know what kind of bees these were, but they seemed to be trying to settle in for the evening.

More Garden Color

Lady Luck

I just saw my first ladybug today. I don't know how "lucky" they are, but I'm always glad when they show up to eat other bugs.

This is the latest part of my garden that I have been working and restoring. I am now getting to areas that have not been touched since Ivan wiped them out (four years ago). The back garden has been taken over by Wedelia, Mexican Petunias, Seven Sisters Roses, and Asiatic Jasmine. It's a lot of work.

Nice Things in My Garden

What Smells So Nice?

Gardenia and Ligustrum

Jasmine

Color In My Garden

Return of the Fern

The ferns used to grow thick around our creek, until Hurricane Ivan wiped them out, and the two year drought that followed finished them off. I was pleased this week to find four little survivors, which had been hiding under the overgrown groundcover

The back garden has not been worked since 2004. It's been taken over by Wedelia, Asiatic Jasmine, and Mexican Petunias (and weeds, of course). Now that I'm finally tackling the back garden, who knows what other gems I might uncover?

Garden Residents

A Fungus Among Us

Most of my garden is waiting for spring, but one thing that persists is the ever-persistent stinkhorn. This thing smells like a dead rotting animal, and is popping up everywhere. It only lives during the winter and I can't wait until I can come outside and smell flowers again, instead of this putrid stench.