My latest favorite read.

 

Here is a link to the flower glossary.

Victoria's Flower Dictionary 

Market Flowers

Available Fridays at the

Occidental Bohemian Farmers Market

Mixed bouquets sell for $10.

 

 

   Sunflower, alstroemeria, godetia, daisy, dahlia, snapdragon, zinnia, campanula, golden drumstick, delphinium, Bells of Ireland.

Occidental Farmer's Market Opening Day

Lee James from Tierra Vegetables kindly provided the peacock feathers that adorned our large mixed bouquets.

Echeveria "Imbricata"

Hens and Chicks displaying flowers.

 

Flowers for friends.  Erica put three bouquets together as gifts to friends and neighbors.

Snapdragons are coming on strong.

The nopal cactus greeted us with a blossom this morning.

Butterflies Loving the Statice

These are both varieties of swallowtails. 

The yellow above I believe is a Western Tiger.

The blue and black in the video below is most likely a male Pipevine.  Note the chinks missing from the left wing.   

 

I have linked to a fun website here that helps with butterfly identification.

 http://www.gardenswithwings.com/identify-butterflies.html

May Flowers in the Garden

 Schizanthus, or Poor Man's Orchid

Yellow Poker Plant, Kniphofia.  A member of the lily family.

Scabiosa seed pod.  Pincushion flower.  A light white and lavender flower that forms these pods seen to the very left.

Campanula or Canterbury Bells.

Pink Foxglove.

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY