Here's Begonia 'Green Jewel', a Rhizomatous type of hybrid Begonia from the USA - belonging to the Imperialis group of Begonias. Striking, pustular, velvety green leaves w/ white markings. Blooms: white. Origin: Paul P. Lowe, Lake Park FL, 1973. Likes extra humidity.π± #begonias
DID YOU KNOW that Indian paintbrush is a hemiparasitic plant?
I want to grow it in my garden so badly but I'm still waiting on my native bunchgrasses to mature so they have something to parasitize.
GROW, you fescue and bluestem, so I can feed you to the botanical wolves! #nativeplants π±
Happy thirtieth day of summer to all who celebrate. Ubiquitous, but still beautiful: the black-eyed Susan (rubeckia). This is part of my pollinator garden, mixing and mingling with coneflowers and bee balm and milkweed. π±
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David Austin of David Austin Roses has died. He had been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare and incurable neurological condition. π±
In weird plants I'm trying out news, the surviving Grevillea and Eryngium guatamalense are producing flowers. The grevillea has been in ground a couple years, so I have been waiting a while on that one. The Eryngium is new this spring and is handling the dry summer really well. π±
Weβve adopted a wingless bumble bee. Currently my daughter is walking it around the garden and letting it crawl onto various flowers. She has an oak leaf that the bee climbs onto for rides around the garden.
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Morning
Some ornamental onions starting their time getting attention in the garden. Hope your day is all you want it to be.
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