The Pollinators Native Bees and Wasps in the gardens of Flower Hill Farm 2014 Here is a collection of native bees and wasps I sighted in the gardens last year. Bees and wasps keep busy buzzing about blooming plants in the blueberry and wildflower fields, perennial beds, shrubberies, and trees that are their habitat. These important pollinators are sometimes forgotten when most conversations lead towards the endangered European honeybees. Carpenter bees and others are already being used to … [Read more...] about Native Bees and Wasps in the Gardens
Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
Tree Peonies in the garden are a horticultural and cultural link to ancient China. Actually, early on these bodacious beauties were grown for medicinal purposes, but who could deny that they feed and heal the spirit as well. A small shrub that survives in my jungle of a garden, reaching up towards four feet, high above the horrid ocean of bishop's weed . . . that haunts me by day and even in my dreams.Here are a few portraits capturing some of the many moods of our elegant Tree Peonies . . . … [Read more...] about Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
Tree Peonies in the garden are a horticultural and cultural link to ancient China. Actually, early on these bodacious beauties were grown for medicinal purposes, but who could deny that they feed and heal the spirit as well. A small shrub that survives in my jungle of a garden, reaching up towards four feet, high above the horrid ocean of bishop's weed . . . that haunts me by day and even in my dreams.Here are a few portraits capturing some of the many moods of our elegant Tree … [Read more...] about Tree Peony ~ Unfurling For Over 3,000 Years
June Wildflowers for ‘National Pollinator Week’
Twelve-spotted Skimmer Through years of labor fields reclaim flower power wild and native grow Pollinators thrive flying low through drifts of blooms cups await their probe All must be on guard closer examination reveals hidden foes She loves me loves not camouflage in petals white daisy death comes quick Intricate seeds form taking flight into landscapes promising return Beyond blooming life scattering to 'the four winds' onward odyssey 'National … [Read more...] about June Wildflowers for ‘National Pollinator Week’
