Beeutiful Natives

06/18/2026

Just a cute lil Silver Spotted Skipper enjoying my Wild Bergamot 😊😊

06/14/2026

Just some little tadpoles swimmin' around in my native plant pond. ☺️☺️

06/13/2026

I'm sorry, but how gorgeous is this sphinx (?) moth!!! It allowed me to relocate it out of my hellstrip and away from the traffic. 🥰🥰

06/12/2026

I keep making the mistake of walking outside my office to our flower bed and expecting to see some bees or any signs of life, really. But nada 🤣🤣🤣

At most, bees and wasps visit the Marjoram I planted when it's in bloom.

This is exactly why I used to think flowers were boring - nothing is happening! They're just sitting there. 🤣🤣

Plant Native if you want to see a good show 😉😉

06/12/2026

I mean, honestly, yeah. I tried a bee house once, it didn't really do much. And I also didn't want to be responsible for cleaning it out during the off season.

Bees don't need hotels. They need habitat.

06/12/2026

I almost missed this first Passionvine bloom, but the bees didn't! 🐝🐝🐝

Purple Passionvine (Passiflora incarnata)

I have some that are almost ready to go to their flor-ever homes 😁😁

06/12/2026

Almost missed this little guy!!! I only found him because I saw the leaf damage nearby. (Which is absolutely fine, the plant can take it).

This is a Snowberry Clearwing moth caterpillar!! Enjoying its host plant, Coral Honeysuckle.

Have y'all seen an adult Snowberry Clearwing?? THEY ARE SO COOL!!! 😍😍

I LOVE that I added this plant 2 years ago, and now I have Clearwings visiting my yard to have babies. 😭😭 🥰🥰🥹🥹

06/11/2026

Saturday's early morning offerings~~ Well, minus Katsu, because he has to get his beauty sleep. 😌🦜🌻🌺

06/10/2026

Night blooming Ruellia noctiflora ☺️☺️☺️