January .. a Plume across the street
February .. The Ladies Daff
.. March .. Flowering Almond
.. April Flurries ???
.. April .. Dogwood
.. Mock Orange
.. concert in the Dogwood
.. Clematis
.. Red Admiral
..May beauties
..Azalea
.. snack for the gardener [Chives]
.. Purple !
.. Carolina Primrose
.. Geometry in Nature
As of today - 19 Jan 2019 ..
60 days until Spring !
Taken down the road in a City Park ... here come the Daff Gals !
2018 has been [ for my area ] visited by more butterflies than since we moved here [2013].
Have no Milkweed [it died]; no Lantana; no Cone Flowers ..
But -
My neighbor has a Buddleja; I have Cosmos - Petunias - False Sunflowers - Obedient Plant - Creeping Phlox - Arrowroot - Korean Spice Ginger- and some I probably don't know the names ..
But, it has been a very interesting year!
Peggy
Question Mark - First of the Year/A Lifer, also[April]
Skipper [May]
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth [a relative :)] [June]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [June]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [July]
American Lady [July]
Skipper and American Lady [July]
American Lady [July]
Skipper [July]
Crescent [July]
Silver-spotted Skipper [July]
Common Buckeye [July]
Variegated Fritillary [July]
Common Buckeye [July]
Variegated Fritillary [July]
Horace's Duskywing Skipper-A Lifer [July]
Pearl Crescent [July]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (f) [July]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [July]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (m) [July]
4 on the same day in July
Crescent [July]
Hairstreak [July]
Hairstreak [July]
American Lady [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [Aug]
Swallowtail [Aug]
Common Buckeye [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ... 2 of them [Aug]
Monarch (m) Early arrival [Aug]
Skipper [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (f) [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (f) [Aug]
Silver-spotted Skipper- tattered [Aug]
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (m) [Aug]
Common Buckeye [Sept]
Viceroy [Sept]
Beautiful to see after Hurricane Flo came through [Sept]
Hackberry Emperor - A Lifer - [Sept]
Monarch (m) [Sept]
Skipper [Sept]
Swallowtail [Oct]
Monarch (m) [Oct]
Skipper [Oct]
Monarch (m) [Oct]
As the days are getting cooler, fewer butterflies come through. Even the Skippers seem to have moved on.
It has been a wonderful Year of Butterflies !
Peggy
(no, do not know the names of all the Skippers; someone told me "oh, you'll learn them" - there are so many kinds that I don't see that happening anytime soon !)
The beautiful mound of green leaves [ wild Violet family ] ----- has been selectively chomped on.
Had this happen to Day Lily scapes a few years ago , but the scapes are much taller than these leaves.
And, why only eat some of them? Do rabbits carry scissors around with them ...
This just puzzles me .. any answers will be most welcome.
Peggy
The Daffodils are blooming like mad - Crocus just finished ..
Now, the Flowering Almond, covered with little packages of beauty to be, are opening.
Keep telling them "it is still March - it will probably snow on you" -- but, they have one thing in mind - Bloom!
Oh my, discovered a Tulip in the Garden of Surprises !
Moved here in 2013 - no Tulips at all - none.
Until now --- hope it blooms so I can show you what she looks like .. had no idea they could be dormant for so many years. Learn something new everyday I go to take photos in the Gardens and see if anyone new has arrived !
Daffodils
Daffodil
Creeping Phlox
Daffodils
More Daffs
A Tulip Surprise !
Flowering Almond
When the rain stops, I'll go out and see what is new !
