What does your garden look like ... Today?

[Upsy Daisy]

Wow..!!!!!.......speechless, utterly stunning pics @JBtheExplorer

 

[alp]

Wow..!!!!!.......speechless, utterly stunning pics @JBtheExplorer

Speechless! You! Can't string the two together in one sentence!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

I know ,but what do you expect.......with a fried brain

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Oh ...hang on , bit slow this morning.....just realised what you meant @alp........I do have quiet moments you know.....it's called sleeping!!!

 

[alp]

Oh ...hang on , bit slow this morning.....just realised what you meant @alp........I do have quiet moments you know.....it's called sleeping!!!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Three Monarchs out in the native garden. Also had one by the pond, but a bullfrog got it.

Side Oats Grama.

Cardinal Flower is close to blooming. I've wanted this plant for years, so it'll be nice to finally see it bloom!

 

[Rey]

Some wildflowers and interesting insects

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Blue Giant Hyssop. Amazing plant. Such a quick grower, first-year bloomer.

Rattlesnake Master

Nodding Onion

Hoary Vervain with a rainbow

This wasn't taken in my garden, but my mom has Cardinal Flower, and it's blooming. Stunning! I have this specie as well, and I'm expecting it to bloom any day now.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Stunning pics as usual @JBtheExplorer , love the depth of richness in the colour of your Mums Cardinal Flower....beautiful!. Just had to Google it, the Cardinal bird came up too on the search screen....do you get that in your area?

 

[alp]

Cardinal Flower is lobelia, right? Very beautiful shaped petals. Stunning pics, as usual, JB!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

the Cardinal bird came up too on the search screen....do you get that in your area?

We have a lot of cardinals around here!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Snap a pic please....they look beautiful !!!
Our birds are lovely but are mostly quite drab in colour compared to those in a lot of other countries.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Snap a pic please....they look beautiful !!!
Our birds are lovely but are mostly quite drab in colour compared to those in a lot of other countries.

Here's one I took a few years ago in winter. Very common around here. We also have a lot of Blue Jays and American Goldfinches. Lately, we've been getting European Goldfinches, too, which are amazing.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Hummingbird moth

Monarch Butterfly

Red Admiral

Monarch

Smooth Oxeye started blooming. This is one that self-seeded into my vegetable garden. I prefer these over black-eyed susans, but I've had issues with powdery mildew in past year. This year, they remain mildew-free, for now.

My Cardinal Flower bloomed!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Absolutely stunning photos @JBtheExplorer ....thanks for the Cardinal pic soooooo beautiful.
Yes have to say our Goldfinches are pretty little birds too