Ruminations of an old Nevadan. (Thoughts about everything in general and nothing in particular.)
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Fall flowers
Ah, the rewards of patience. I caught this fellow sitting on one of my Arizona Sun Indian Blanket flowers. He is know as a metallic green bee, genus Agapostemon.
The foregoing show the Arizona Sun Indian Blanket flowers in their various forms as they prepared to spread their seeds. They really get some interesting shapes Found these out amongst my primroses.
Wild sweet peas which we obtained from seed in Elko years ago are near the end of their blooming season. This is the first dahlia I have every grown. The flowers are about 2 inches across. Maybe they will be bigger next year.
I love the vivid colors of these plants. I think they are dianthus. Fuschias are really pretty this time of year. Looking pretty in red and white. The holly tree is really happy right now. I have never seen so many berries forming on it. Must be a sign of something, maybe a long, hard winter?
I have removed all of my vinca majors (periwinkle) from the backyard planting area which I am redoing with plants and pavers. Should have pictures of the results next spring.
2 comments:
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Gorgeous flowers, and that green bee is really cool! We are supposed to get our first frost tonight.
I am a native of Elko, Nevada who was relocated by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1970 to Northern California. I was a contract administrator on Lewiston Dam, worked on water distribution systems in Placerville and culminated as a Budget Analyst in Sacramento. I am currently involved with my Mustang car club and doing volunteer work on various things such as the California International Marathon and the Western States 100 mile race, the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee and the Sacramento Zoo.
2 comments:
Gorgeous flowers, and that green bee is really cool! We are supposed to get our first frost tonight.
Great bee on the blanketflower! We probably won't have those blooming here until about February or March.
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