Potential peppers

Pepper plant with buds

Precipitously, the pepper plants may produce plentiful peppers from peeking pea-like protuberances. I hope pesky pests don’t purloin the precious produce preemptively. Perhaps precaution proclaims protection for the pretty potential peppers.

P.S. I couldn’t help myself, but will attempt not to recite the verse where popping “p”s or flying spittle can reach anyone. I am particularly pleased with this post.

May Day

Honeysuckle in bloom

Here are some flowers for you for May Day that are near my front porch. There is an arbor in there somewhere. I can’t drop them off on your doorstep, and we don’t have smell-a-vision yet, but this year you would be grateful as the scent is overpowering. Being socked in the face with a bouquet of flowers isn’t very neighborly. Lol. These are predominantly Japanese Honeysuckle, the red blooms poking through are native honeysuckle. I really need to get out and thin down the mound.

Gregg’s Mist Flower

We planted one Gregg’s Mist Flower in the front garden. We tried a different variety of mist flower previously, but they didn’t take well, and didn’t attract butterflies. These are growing well and nearly every time I walk by, I see a butterfly! Hurray!

Butterfly on Gregg’s Mist Flower

I believe the butterfly visiting in the photo is a Painted Lady butterfly.

Petals fall

The crossvine flowers are starting to fall away. The profusion of blooms was truly spectacular this Spring. Unlike azaleas, the crossvine will bloom again, several times, before next Winter.

Crossvine flowers fallen to the ground
Crossvine in bloom
Bee visiting the stem after the bloom has fallen

Crossvine explosion

Our spring rains have made for happy plants in our yard. We have two crossvine areas that have hundreds of buds and are now bursting into bloom.

Crossvine blooms on the front fence
Crossvine blooms on the chicken run enclosure (inside view)
Crossvine blooms on the chicken run enclosure (outside view)