I'm cheating a bit...
killing two birds with one stone, if you will.
However, birds are my favorite animal and
Lola would not appreciate this term,
so I'll stick with "cheating".
I am participating in Tootsie's Fertilizer Friday / Flaunt Your Flowers
as well as Susan's My Favorites THIS Month.
So what's going on in the Garden in Paradise?!
First up is my beloved Dendrobium, my first orchid, given to me as a birthday gift several years ago. As always, it is showering me with gorgeous blooms in time for my upcoming birthday! I look forward to these blooms, usually twice a year. She's sending out 4 spikes, so she's especially happy this year. I think that's a sign of good luck for me!!
I'm also thrilled that my Lady Margaret Passion Vine not only recovered from the Gulf Fritillary caterpillar plunder, but is blooming again!!
And I have loads of Gulf Fritillary butterflies to boot!
The butterflies love the pretty white blooms of the Spinach Tree,
but I've already posted about this so I won't go on and on.
My new Dutchman's Pipe Vine bloomed
and has new little buds forming!
Additionally, my friend Cindy gave me some Gold Rim Swallowtail caterpillars to munch on my new vine. I hope I have as good of luck as she did (my Butterflies and Pipes post).
The pretty Balloon Flower has many balloon buds and blooms on it.
I usually have loads of purple Angelonia, but this time I also have pink. Sweet!
This little tubular bromelaid is especially interesting to me. I love it's form.
The pretty purple berries of the American Beauty Berry is still a favorite this month.
As are the cheerful pom pons of the Gomphrena.
Here's another brom in full red color. Beautiful!
The Duck Potato bloomed again.
I love this bloom...it appears so delicate and crepe-like.
I was also surprised by this new volunteer pink-form Lantana.
I didn't have this variety, so the birds must've decided I needed some. How nice! Thank you!!
I'm really enjoying my new Bird's Nest Fern, too!
Thanks so much for stopping by to see my current favorites!
Happy Gardening!!!
16 comments:
You have some real beauties, Kimberly. I'm envious, lol! Your passion vine is stunning and I love your orchid - so delicate and lovely. Thanks for sharing your beauties :-)
Hi Kimberly.Happy Happy Birthday! Whenever. LOL!
What a little white cutie!
I love your orchids. Too bad I kill the lovely things. Too much water most likely.
The Passion vine blooms are just so lovely. I am glad it survived the munching raid.
Beauty bushes are so pretty with their purple berries. I planted one this spring but it is still a baby and no berries this year. Yours is so pretty and has so many green ones too.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Hi Kimberly....I'm cheating this month, too by posting one day early since I'm headed out of town for the weekend.
Love, love, love that photo of your bird's nest fern. Glad to see your orchid in bloom...such a pretty color.
I've heard of swapping plants but never caterpillars...I think you might be starting a new trend. :-)
All your favorites look fabulous in your September garden. Thanks for joining in.
Great favorites in your garden for September. I always love seeing Lola. Thanks for showing those two photos of the balloon flower. Now I understand its name. Great shot of the unfurling frond from the birdsnest fern. Happy Birthday!
Oh my, I remember you talking about that birthday orchid last year! Has it been a year already? Happy B-Day to You! I have a very similar looking Dendrobium, called "Holly Wood." Love it! That 'Lady Margaret' passionflower is a beauty too. And I love that ethereal shot of the bird's nest fern.
Whoa! these are my fav's too.... Some of the most beautiful shots / flowers I get to see first thing in the morning today! Have a great weekend Kimberly and glad to get to know ur Fav's
Dear Kimberly, What is the phrase...."If you've got it, flaunt it!".....the flowers you show here are certainly worth posting about. In particular, I love your Orchid since I have never had success with growing any variety anywhere and yours looks so fulsome and beautiful.
Lola always looks so very patient and loyal. Does she follow you around? She is so pretty and certainly adds an elegant touch!
I really like the caterpillars!
Lantana ... *deep sign*! :)
Very beautiful flowers! I like the way you took the photo of Bird's Nest Fern. This morning I was just telling my son that there should be a better idiom than 'Killing 2 birds with one stone'. In Chinese, it is 'Kill 2 birds with one arrow' which sounds just as bad.
Those flowers are so gorgeous and exotic! I also have balloon flower, gomphrena, lantana, and have plans to plant pipe vine this fall, but everything else requires a trip to a greenhouse!!! Your bird is awesome!!! :0)
the gulf fritillary is my favourite!
In German it's "kill two flies with one swat", much better! Your favorites are worth loving, indeed. Some of them so foreign to my garden, which makes them all the more fun to see.
I see Lola is at the top of your favorites list. She is a stunner. I will add you post to my Ten Favorite Things. I am surprised how many times bloggers jump to the blogs listed. I am learn so much here in blogland.
Hi Kim, I am glad to see the comment you left at Gardenwalkgardentalk. I consider myself new in Blotanical and had this impression that the veterans like you would be bored with a game like that and hence invited only the new comers. Glad you are game for it as I would also get to know you better. My regards to Lola.
You have a lot of beautiful things blooming right now! that passion flower vine is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing -
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