Frost And Flowers

Frost on what we refer to here as lawn was light and patchy.

Frost on Ed's daylily leaves will not make much of an impression.

Frost on flowers is sometimes a different story.  Some flowers drop dead at Jack Frost's touch, some survive but never look quite the same but others take it in stride and keep on blooming.  I'm expecting these Sweet cicely flowers to be in that last group.

We have not yet planted our frost sensitive plants.  Ed brought the tomato , pepper,  and Heliotrope plants inside last night.  June 1 has always been our frost safe date.  You can't count on global warming.  By 9:00AM all of the frost will be gone.  I've become a bit frost sensitive myself.  I'll stay inside and enjoy the rest of my coffee and look at the beautiful  Amaryllis  flowers till then.

Ladybug, Ladybug This Is Your Home

This is Amy's amaryllis.  Most people keep amaryllis for just one year.  I'm way too cheap  thrifty for that.  In 2110 this one flowered late in May. I think it will be earlier this year.  I have been told that plants with scale should be disposed of immediately.  If you have never seen scale, they are the five brown spots on the leaf in the picture.  Think leeches for plants.  However, we have ladybugs in the house.  I took this picture yesterday.

Today the ladybug is still there.  If you check the scale you will see that they have had the juice sucked right out of them.  The residue  wiped right off the leaf.  Hope the ladybug sticks around to finish off any new ones that hatch.  Amy's amaryllis gets to stay!  I think this will be its seventh summer.