A Red Flameskimmer
Ooh, look what was hanging out in the patio area for a long time on Sunday. It's a red flame skimmer or firecracker skimmer dragonfly ...
Gulf Fritillary visiting the patio
Yesterday we had our first sighting of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly visiting the patio. I first noticed it as kept flying around the...
Yellow-Faced Bumble bees LOVE poppies
As I've noted in earlier posts, I had never seen so many yellow-faced bumble bees Bombus vosnesenskii before we moved to our home here...
Mimulus cardinalis "Golden Form"
It's so exciting to see the "Golden Form" Mimulus cardinalis plant start to bloom. This is the first time I planted one of these. It's...
" Cupcakes White" Cosmos bipinnatus
I love to plant cosmos every year. They are native to the southwestern US and Mexico, and provide nectar and pollen to bees and...
The fascinating Wool Carder Bee
Now that the Lambs Ears plants are growing larger and full of leaves the Wool Carder Bees Anthidium manicatum are hard at work all day,...
First blooms in the native garden
Aren't these California rose chiffon poppies lovely? I've never grown them before, and am so excited to see how this plant is thriving in...
The native plant garden now
Every morning before before getting ready to leave for work and every evening when I return home, I always check our native plant garden...
Colors on the patio
Every day brings new surprises to the patio. There's always something else that is blooming, bringing a different color. I'm especially...
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee in the Margarita Bop
It seems like whenever I am in our newly created native plant garden area, I always see Yellow-Faced Bumble Bees Bombus vosnesenskii ....
