Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

[Carol Dee]

I like this one a lot Carol Dee. Acorns are a favorite of mine.

I love oak trees and acorns.

 

[Beekissed]

@Beekissed, did you buy those color portulaca all the same color in a pack, or find seeds that color? I see the mixed packs around here, but love the hot pink.

Bought these at Lowe's as seedlings.

 

[Zeedman]

...and Tigers, oh my!!!

I've been letting these spread for many years, they have overwhelmed everything else & seem to be the apex vegetation in their locations.

 

[thistlebloom]

...and Tigers, oh my!!!
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I've been letting these spread for many years, they have overwhelmed everything else & seem to be the apex vegetation in their locations.

Pretty!
The deer don't eat them? I see the arborvitae in the background has been deer pruned.

 

[Zeedman]

Pretty!
The deer don't eat them? I see the arborvitae in the background has been deer pruned.

Not often. The deer occasionally nip off the buds or blossoms, but thankfully don't seem to be especially attracted to them. Not surprising really, since there are so many better food sources available at the same time (like the apples falling from the trees in my back yard). Those beds used to have large patches of violets, which the deer and/or rabbits found more to their liking. As you've noticed, though, they deer will chew on the arborvitae in the winter, when food is scarce.

 

[thistlebloom]

Lilies (the buds and blooms) are deer crack in the neighborhoods I work in, and they even eat daylily foliage. A lot of deer pressure and a growing deer population annually.

 

[Nyboy]

I gave up on lilies because of deer tulips also

 

[Carol Dee]

Comb Honey

 

[Carol Dee]

Black Beauty? lilies doing well. Almost 6 feet tall!

 

[catjac1975]

Napping in the daylilies at TomCat daylily Farm.