As pretty as these peppers are, they aren't what I ordered... when I bought seed.
I sent for bhut jolokia... I think these are some kind of heatless habanero pepper.
Colour echo!
Agalinis and echinacea.
Front meadow.... camphorweed and agalinis.
Green beans.... if I can manage to get any away from the cats....
Blue curls
Brugmansia (doubles)
Long tailed skipper visiting richardia (Mexican clover)
The chickens enjoy the richardia too!
Dark form tiger swallowtail and cypress vine.
Helianthus angustifolia
Sux to be a baby caterpillar.... when the wasps live nearby...
Close up of purpletop (Tridens flavus)
Sweet potato blooms
My garden snake.... I shot video of the sound of the rattles, but only like 4 seconds... hardly seems worth including...
I do have some 12 seconds or so of Irma at my house....
Gardens in the sand is an exploration of xeriscape gardening.
With much of the state declared a disaster area due to the drought of 2011, dryland natives assume an ever greater role in an unwatered sandhill garden.