Frost and Seedpods

Monarda punctata

Frost flowers on verbesina virginica

Last year... The temps got down to 7°  and the frost flowers grew with each day that the temp was below freezing.

Dog fennel frost flowers

The frost flowers on the verbesina are well known and often posted all over the internet... These frost blooms on the dog fennel... seem to be less documented.

Blooms on the plum tree... They're calling for temps in the teens tonight, with chill index in the single digits... How is that going to affect my plums?

The cat has attitude....

This hardy lemon... doesn't seem especially hardy...

Monarda seed pods

Verbesina seed heads

Agalinis purpurea seed pods...

Dog fennel

I hope everybody stays warm in these record setting freezing temps... And... Here's hoping someone collects the bounty on that d... groundhog...coulda done without the 6 more weeks of winter...

Summer colour

We Finally did get some rain. Too late for the corn, but the flowers and the critters they attract are all doing well.

hummingbird visiting Uruguayan firecracker plant. (dicliptera suberecta)


Coupla spice bush swallowtails performing mating rituals

Talinum patens berries

wild lettuce seed

Coral Red honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) berries

Apostle lily (crinum sp.)

Gourd flower

I see you...