The Gulf Fritillary
The butterfly bush is attracting some very lovely visitors. A gulf fritillary butterfly Agraulis vanillae spent a long time sipping...
It's fig season
We can gauge the seasons of the year by the fig tree. In the winter it is completely bare, its grey branches hanging down. Then in the...
monarch butterfly visiting
This weekend we were fortunate to have monarch butterfly visits. It's so nice to see these lovely creatures wafting in the breeze in the...
Indigo spires salvia and butterfly bush flowers
The indigo spires salvia plant has taken a while to produce its lovely deep blue blossoms. And here are the blooms on one spire, ready...
The second bloom season for the rosemary hedges
At this time of year, when most of the plants in the garden are starting to go dormant, it's so wonderful to see the rosemary hedges...
Ultra Green Sweat Bee on the apricot cosmos
For the first time ever, I spotted an Ultra Green Sweat Bee female Agapostemon texanus in the garden. From a distance she looked like a...
The honey bee and the California sunflower
The California sunflower plant that I bought from Oaktown Native Nursery last Fall is starting to produce blossoms. ...
The California towhees
A pair of California towhees spent some quality time around the lambs ears in the morning. Now that the blooming period is over for many...
The honey bee and the Agastache plant
Today I purchased yet another native plant for the backyard, an Agastache hybrid from the Sweetwater nursery. I had barely re-potted it...
more lovely flowers for the pollinators
Although it is almost mid-September, we still have some lovely flowers blooming for the pollinators. The fish and seaweed extract liquid...
