All is Right in the World
Posted: April 22, 2024 Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Amaryllis, Automatic Gardening, Caterpillar, Gulf Coast gardening, Hummingbird, Southern Gardening, Subtropical Gardening 18 Comments
At last, the garden beds are full and bursting with color.
Many of these flowers would have been blooming earlier but were knocked back by freezing weather.
Thankfully, the Amaryrillias bulb did not turn to mush and it put on a beautiful display. A second stem with buds is coming up.
A variety of caterpillars have hatched.
And the hummingbirds have come back. All is right in my backyard world.
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I was intrigued by your yellow and black-and-white caterpillars. Do you know their identity? I thought they both were pretty snazzy, but my ID apps suggested fall webworm ((Hyphantria cunea) for the yellow and turbulent phosphila (Phosphila turbulenta) for the black-and-white. According to BugGuide, both are defoliators; if that’s what these are, you might watch for more.
Thanks. I did not bother to look them up. So far I have not seen a lot of missing foliage.
That’s good. I continue to be amazed at the number of caterpillars that are new to me. The variety is just astounding — but of course there are an astounding number of butterflies and moths.
I don’t even want to think about bugs. It is a big job identifying all of them.
Great spring blooms, but too many caterpillars.
Your garden is looking lovely, and so good to see the caterpillars and hummingbirds like it there too!
Now, that is a colorfully hummin’ garden! Thanks for sharing.
Lots of bees too.
Yay! looks wonderful. Now you are glad for all the results of your labours and butterflies soon. It makes everything worthwhile.
It is hard to get used to a delayed spring. The last of the gingers are finally coming up.
The concept of spring is foreign here!
We have mostly summer, fall and winter seem to be one short season, but spring is really obvious.
So pretty… I love all that salvia!
It is a great plant.
The hummingbirds are back here too! They came the same day I hung the feeders.
Perfect timing. Will they stay all summer? I am planning to move back to PA.
Your garden is looking splendid.
Thank you. It is having a good year. Maybe the freeze I complain about isn’t such a bad thing.