Everyone was HOT today.. Chucky made himself a canopy bed, Sunny D laid in the dirt, Obsidian didn’t stick around long and Flint wanted to sit on my lap. Freddy just looked angry and tired.. but we got a lot of stuff done outside and we didn’t get any more rain, thank goodness. 🌧️
Looks like I’m not the only one that’s been waiting weeks for this flower to bloom 💛🐝🌼
I put the cover on the new clear greenhouse .. and put the little green one back together today 🤩💪 .. I’m not ready for cold weather but my plants will be. 💚
Some people call them invasive weeds.. but I call morning glories beautiful garden flowers. I get to see them bloom for just part of a day but I love them. This is what the Bible tells us about morning glories:
God tells Moses and Aaron “in the morning, you shall see the glory of the LORD” (Exodus 16:7). What does the glory of the LORD look like? “Like a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground” (Exodus 16:14).
I didn’t plant this dotted smartweed… it came up in one of my flower pots on its own.. but I read about it and decided to let it stay. 💚
Dotted smartweed (Persicaria punctata) is a wetland plant important to many different kinds of native wildlife. Its nectar attracts bees and beetles, and insect larvae feed on its leaves. Also, small birds and mammals find the seeds very tasty. 💚
❤️🧡💛 Gaillardia or blanket flower is a group of perennials in the Asteraceae (daisy) family native to North and South America.
❤️The plant is named after Maître Gaillard de Charentonneau, an enthusiastic botanist in France.
🧡The name blanket flower may have come from the resemblance of the flowers to the brightly patterned Native American blankets in similar colors, the ability of wild species to completely cover the ground with a blanket of color, or even the legend of a Native American weaver whose grave was always covered with blooming flowers that were as beautifully colored as the blankets she had made.
💛Native Americans made tea from Gaillardia to treat gastroenteritis and sore eyes. The Kiowa thought of it as good luck. ❤️🧡💛
I Love Wildflowers 