My Purple Coneflowers are blooming. This one has a white crab spider on it. I have seen little yellow crab spiders but not a white one this large. He's a spooky ghostly fellow. Crab spiders are stalkers they don't weave webs.
I hope August finds you all well!
That is not a leaf but a Satyr Comma butterfly. Part of the Bush foots butterfly family. Named for the mythological woodland deity. Satyrs know the secrets of wine making. I need some of that knowledge!
I'm thrilled to have my first pumpkin forming! No critters are eating the vines any longer and they are loaded with blooms so I just my have a nice patch after all!
Well I hope you're all having a great Summer. I wanted to share one of my favorite blooms with ya. Pumpkin blooms of course! I planted 43 plants and 10 got eaten by ground hogs. But so far the rest seem ok! Ground hogs do not mind egg shells, coffee grounds, hot sauce or dish soap all of which I have tried to keep them from nibbling my precious pumpkins. I better at least get a few pumpkins out of my patch or I'm going to have to find a good recipe for ground hogs! Lol
Ghost Ferns that is! Athyrium or Ghost Fern has an upright habit once established. They are well behaved but I wish they would speard more. It's fronds are silvery which give it a ghostly glow in the shade garden.
Lucky me I have four ghosts in my garden. They are late to awaken in Spring but I'm always glad to see them when they do!
