Animals

Hummingbird Cottage ~Flower Show Day 1 in the Afternoon

I (Artemisia) figured we would start off with the main attraction at the Hummingbird Cottage. That would of course be the Hummingbird. Our Mommy actually managed to catch him in flight. He is a very fast fellow and is constantly zipping around. If you are very quiet you can hear the beating of his wings, it makes a kind of humming sound.

I (Artemisia) has to apologize cause we don't have any furniture in the Hummingbird Cottage yet, but the stones are actually very nice to lay on and if you are small enough not to hurt the plants you can lay in the flower beds like I do.

Don't be shy there is plenty of room for every one to enjoy the cottage. And the roses smell divine, feel free to take some for your sweethearts.

We also has Coral Honeysuckle aka Trumpet Honeysuckle it is a native plant that the Hummingbirds like.

This Woodpecker has a nest in the Willow Tree, that is next to the Hummingbird Cottage. The Woodpecker is a very noisy bird and it chases me when I try to peek in it's nest.

Mommy planted a Passion Vine in with these roses.

As you can see we has a nice view of the Butterfly Garden and the pond from the Cottage. That huge Live Oak Tree is great for climbing. And it is very cool under it in the shade.

Mommy also planted these Dwarf Morning Glories in with the roses. She also planted Morning Glories and Moon Vine these bed may look like a jungle if everything comes up.

Katie Ruellia

Black-eyed Susan Vine

Mommy saw a lot of these Bougainvillea in San Diego and fell in love with them, since they are a tropical she has it in a pot so it can live in the Greenhouse in the Winter.

And my favorite the Gaura.

Speaking of ROMANCE, I thinks France is very romantic and this thistle comes from France. The Poupounette Gang sent it over.

I just love the vivid purple color. For those of you unfamiliar with The Poupounette Gang they are a dog Tom, a horse Vidock and three cats Tama-Chan, Bibi-Chan and Sei Chan you can visit them @ their blog The Poupounette.

My Prince Casper and his siblings sent these flowers for us to enjoy. They live in Toronto, Canada but their humans ran off to Hawaii to get married.

Plumeria, this smells heavenly. Mommy likes the smell so much she has some Plumeria perfume called Forever Floral. Sadly she can't find it on the mainland or the Internet, so when the bottle she brought back from Hawaii runs out she will be out for good.

And we are most impressed with this Tulip Tree, we have never seen one before. It is gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful flowers with us Prince Casper (my boyfriend), Jimmy, Archie & Ben you can visit them @ Cat's Cats.

And nothing says romance to a girl like getting cut flowers in a vase.

Asta brought these peonies with her for us to enjoy, they smells heavenly. Asta is one of our dearest friends and one of the first bloggers we meet when we were getting started. We have been on lots of wonderful adventures with her.

George The Lad sent another peony along for us to enjoy it is called Bowel of Beauty.

I can certainly see how it got it's name, it is just beautiful, and it looks big enough for me to curl up and sleep in the middle of it.

Rubie who lives in South Australia sent these very exotic (at least to us Mississippi kitties) flowers.

Bella Rose Dwarf Lavender

Alstroemeria (also known as Peruvian Lilies)

Dietes Bicolor

Blood Lilly

Rubie had this to say about the Blood Lily, "

"Blood Lilly" - this variety is very old fashioned and extremely rare - we are fortunate to have saved some bulbs from our parents' 100 year old garden. It's botanical name is Haemanthus Coccineus - commonly called the Blood Flower, March Flower or April Fool!"

We feel very honored that Rubie shared it at our Flower Show.

Rubie we just love your flowers, thank you for showing them to us.

Black Lilly (aka Devil's tongue or Snake Palm) Official name: Dracunculus Vulgaris. This is the most usual plant I have ever seen.

Our favorite Sib siblings The OP Pack came over along with these flowers.

Phantom

Thunder & Ciara.

Fenris has a crush on Ciara, but unfortunately she already has a boyfriend. But I thinks Fenris has a plan to get Ciara alone in the Hummingbird Cottage.

I just loves a guy who brings me roses.

Corbin with rose

 Corbin blogs at Oh,Corbin and he has a foster sister named Oreo.

Feel free to hang out here as long as you like and enjoy the flowers. We will show you the Butterfly Garden in the morning and the pond in the afternoon tomorrow and our friends have sent lots more flowers for your viewing pleasure, so be sure to come back by. Scylla will be waiting for you at the faucet. ~Artemisia

- Scylla Sunday
I am having a wonderful Scylla Sunday, would you like to join me for a garden stroll. The Firecracker Cuphea is a riot of blooms. The Candy Corn is starting to get in on the act, they are going to look fantastic together. The Mexican Sage...

- Flower Show Day 2 ~ The Pond
I thought we would start off visiting some of our friends flowers and then go down to the pond, some of you may even want to take a dip in the pond later cause it is in the 90's here. Mayor Furter aka Frankie sent some flowers for The Flower Show,...

- Party For Charlie ~ Flower Show Day 1
When we heard about the Picnic to help Charlie we knew we wanted to participate. Frankie mentioned that he would love to have a Flower Show at the picnic and if there is one thing we can do well it is flowers. So welcome to the Whiskers Memorial Butterfly...

- Tsarina Tuesday
I have been getting the garden ready for the Flower Show. I hopes you are planning to come to it. Not only will you get to see our flowers but our friends have sent some wonderful flowers for the show. Our Gardenia is in full bloom it smells heavenly....

- Thursday In The Garden
Our Confederate Rose. We loves the pretty pink color. The Lily Pads and some Wildflowers growing in the pond. Fenris is looking for interesting Wildflowers for us. The Sniffie Rose One of the beds at the Hummingbird Cottage...

Animals