The Firebush has become the hub or Grand Central station of
my garden. This morning I counted five
Longwind Zebras and three Julia butterflies, plus hundreds of bees, all flying
around the tree (what a site). You can
hear the buzzing from far away.
I love all butterflies, but Zebras are my favorite and they
love the firebush tree. I recommend this plant to anyone that wants to create a
butterfly garden in south Florida.
This week at the DragonFly Garden.
Today on the agenda, I was planning to trim back my
powderpuff tree in the front garden and give it a more round shape. This morning while I was having my coffee and
before starting my gardening work, I was reading my twitter account, and a tweet
from a birder in England caught my eye.
He was asking gardener not trim their trees during nesting season. Good advice, so I decided to check my
powderpuff tree and what do you know, up high and out of sight I found a nest
from a Mockingbird. For now this job is
on hold until the family moves out.
This planter box is in a sunny area. Nothing I plant there survives and the
planter is too heavy to move. Today I collected all the snake plants
(Sansevieria cylindrical) from the garden and relocated them there. Snake
plants are succulents from Africa; they thrive in sunny and dry areas of the
garden.
The garden is not only about plants. I could not resist buying this wind spinner
at Costco.
Is he saying hi or challenging me to duel???
The blooms of the week.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
2 comments:
Your firebush is so large. Mine is just s baby and I'm hoping it will grow fast. Glad you checked the powderpuff for nests. It's always neat to find a bird's nest. Your snake plant should do well there. Have a nice weekend.
A post full of charming pics: trees, blooms, lizard, wind spinner,
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