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This is looking to the back yard, as far over to the eastern/northern side of our property. You can see a little bit of bare field to the left, that will have cotton growing in it and probably has already been seeded.
I keep trying to take a few more inches a year since it IS family land I despise having pesticides and herbicides just sprayed willy nilly.
Especially since that birdhouse in these pictures is home to the same bluebirds that come back every year and lay eggs and have babies.
The very first plant in the foreground, with the orange and yellow bottle rocket looking blooms is my Red Hot Poker. It currently has a HUGE fireant mound located in the center of its foliage.
I took this picture around 6:30 PM and you can see the big shadow, it's one of my River Birches that I rescued from OMS that they were just going to throw away. It's beautiful now.
I took this picture while laying down on the ground. The purple flowers climbing up the birdhouse pole is a Comtesse De Bouchard Clematis. I have another one in the back corner garden. They do beautifully for me.
The large leafed smaller plants in the forground are Mullein that I dug up from in the woods and brought home. I love that plant. You have to transplant them very young though or they just don't seem to make it. The leaves are velvet-y soft and stay that pale green all summer. It will eventually yield a 5 foot spike of sulpher yellow flowers this summer. Striking.
You can see the Mullien plant a bit better here. Directly behind it is a Veronica spicata '' and the larger green plant right here on the right is the "Sunny Border Blue" Veronica. The pale purple behind it is a Scabiosa "Butterfly Blue" and the hot pink behind the Scabiosa is a Rosa 'Nearly Wild'.
This is the same perennial bed as the pictures above but I am standing right at the fence that divides my yard from the field, looking out over my backyard. That pale colored building way back yonder is Stuart's Dad's barn/garage.
The very yellow flower is a Coreopsis though I don't remember right offhand which one. The flower in the foreground that looks like a lily is a Crinum Lily that I got in a trade about 3 years ago. It's finally coming into it's own. Crinums are notorious for not liking to be dug up and can refuse to bloom for the first couple years after.
The very silvery plant with the hot magenta button size flowers behind the head of the Crinum is one of my favorites: Rose Campion.
The only reason I have a Dill plant since I don't eat that much of it: These are (I think) Swallotail Butterfly larvae and they come every year to my Dill plant.
Dill is supposed to be an annual but this one is in a very protected area on the south-western exposure and it's come back every year for about 4 years now.
Luna moth with flash on.
Luna moth with no flash so you can see the colors better. How very
beautiful.
This cool looking guy is a Luna silkworm moth. He/She was on my front steps on Monday, the 12th and I thought it was a luna moth but wasn't sure. I visited this web site to get an identifier and it is! A Luna moth. How neat!
How cool! It hasn't been identified yet in my county! I've sent them an email with this photo and the information. Now, THAT is the coolest.
Close up picture of my Japanese seedling maple and it's seeds. Pretty babies!
Ornamental Pomegranate
Pretty combo located in large perennial bed.
Can't remember the name of this rose. Located in back corner garden.
Same rose with some hot pink yarrow.
Spirea in font door entryway garden.
See Entry For 5-27-03 as well.