Tag: flower
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The Lone Bud
Normally, late September brings piles of montauk daisies. This year’s weird weather, coupled with the brutal onslaught of errant basketballs, and the usual horde of awful beetles left the daisies with literally, ONE bold bud.
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Spider Flower
I took this because a neighbor has these things growing in their garden, and they are awesome. Super tall, long lasting and apparently bugs aren’t eating them. After some digging, found they are awfully named Spider Flowers. Beyond the name though, nothing strange going on. In fact as I write this, on 9/29 (yeah I…
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Rudbeckia
Fun name to say. In a quest to find attractive perennials that won’t die easily or get eaten rapidly, various black eyed susans were planted last Fall. Or in Spring, I’m not sure. No matter. They are still getting eaten and worse, I underestimated their resilience when it comes to errant basketballs. Not many things…
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Another Late Bloomer
This hydrangea was planted when Noah was born – and as he hits 12, it might be the best year yet for this shrub. Though, I’ve read that the mild winter has allowed almost all hydrangeas to have spectacular blooms this year. Back to my point. Most bloomed in June. As I write this post…
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World’s smallest pineapple?
Spotted on walk home from school.. does it belong to a Smurf? Nope, turns out its the remains of flowers that are up in pine trees, which are responsible for belching out that green dust. More info and visuals (than you ever needed) are here. Neat to see up close, but man do I hate…
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Volunteer Pansy
Last year we received a very nice potted arrangement of pansies from a neighbor. It was left to its own devices and now there are some tiny little pansies popping up around the patio. No complaints here, they are really adding a nice bit of color in every corner that .. is lacking. Speaking of…
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Pear flower
Writing this so I remember what these flowering trees are. PEAR tree! And, this dog. Always putting her noggin somewhere curious. Seems to like my new shoes.
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