A journal of my home vegetable garden. Skippy thinks it's his garden, but I've been gardening here for 20 years. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6). I have a big community garden plot and a small plot in my yard. I try to grow all of my family's vegetables using sustainable organic methods.
It was a big surprise to me to find this bright orange Butterfly Weed today! A few years ago (2008) I bought seeds of Asclepias tuberosa, a native orange milkweed. I raised a couple small plants and tucked then in a few different spots in my garden. Then I forgot about them. I never expected then to survive. What a joy!
Labels: wildflowers
posted by kathy at 7/16/2011 10:12:00 PM
"A well planned garden
bathed in rain and sun.
A faithful laborer...
and the harvest shall come."
...Nancy Simms Taylor
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4 Comments:
What a nice creamy orange color! I'm sure that made a very pleasant surprise :)
July 17, 2011 10:37 PM
Those are gorgeous! I love milkweed - I always let it grow in my gardens. It only comes in pink around here though!
July 17, 2011 11:49 PM
I keep looking at milkweed in seed catalogues and always say I will order them, but so far have not done so. I hope to actually do it for this next year. I think that the orange is what I would want to order.
I recently found a tiny orange gallardia that I thought had died two years ago doing quite well this year. Imagine my surprise.
Yael
July 18, 2011 2:11 AM
That is a lovely photo of a beautiful little plant. Thanks for sharing it.
July 31, 2011 5:36 PM
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