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.
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!
I believe the butterfly visiting in the photo is a Painted Lady butterfly.
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.
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.
Covering my container garden with a sheet of plastic (ok, it is a clear shower curtain) helped keep the basil alive during our cold snap. The plants didn’t go unscathed; there are some brown spots and browning at the tips of some of the leaves. They look hale enough to grow, though.
Critters and Craft 