Check out the eggplant bloom. I’m hoping that it’s position underneath the gaura will entice pollinators to visit.
Tag Archives: vinca
June colors
Heat bloomers
The first Lady in Red salvia has bloomed. It may be 100 degrees hot, but the summer bloomers love it. Don’t see how the kale are holding out…they are in part-to-full shade, but I expected them to wilt by now.
Ants and vinca
One of my Titan vinca seedlings–still planter box squatting–bloomed this morning: a pale pink with rosy center. But where are all these blasted black ants coming from? They seem to favor the vinca and are chewing tiny holes into them–all of them! I’m readying the spreader to drop the insect-killer on them!
Herbs and blooms June
The newest salvia greggii in the salvia bed has bloomed finally. Also, I’ve noted that the confetti lantanas and Purple Star verbenas in the front bed are enjoying their new home. The recent Hot Lips salvia addition keeps growing and growing…soon it will sprawl like the other Hot Lips in this bed. The dahlberg daisies are irrepressible, non-stop bloomers. As is the Thai basil, shortly before I gave it a haircut.
