Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
May. 14th, 2025 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThese pictures are from the savanna and prairie garden.
These dark purple irises are blooming in the tulip bed. At a distance, they look black.
Looking closer, you can see the purple.
Backlit by the evening sun, poppies glow like Chinese lanterns.
The first purple-and-yellow iris is blooming in the wagonwheel garden. These have a strong sugary scent.
Continuing to observe ants on peonies, this is one of the large reddish-yellow ants.
These are the small black ants.
Today I spotted these really tiny black ants on a peony bud. So there are at least 3 species just inches apart.
The wildflower garden is mostly grass right now, but it does have a few flowers blooming, mostly woodland hyacinths.
A couple of these pretty white flower spikes are blooming in the wildflower garden.
I planted this 'Husker Red' penstemon in the wildflower garden today.
After discussion with some friends, I suspect that this wildflower in the prairie garden is Sweet William.
For comparison, these are some of the perennial pinks, a different species of Dianthus.
Blackberry blossoms are open.
Raspberries have green fruit.
Russian comfrey is blooming in the prairie garden.
These dark purple irises are blooming in the tulip bed. At a distance, they look black.
Looking closer, you can see the purple.
Backlit by the evening sun, poppies glow like Chinese lanterns.
The first purple-and-yellow iris is blooming in the wagonwheel garden. These have a strong sugary scent.
Continuing to observe ants on peonies, this is one of the large reddish-yellow ants.
These are the small black ants.
Today I spotted these really tiny black ants on a peony bud. So there are at least 3 species just inches apart.
The wildflower garden is mostly grass right now, but it does have a few flowers blooming, mostly woodland hyacinths.
A couple of these pretty white flower spikes are blooming in the wildflower garden.
I planted this 'Husker Red' penstemon in the wildflower garden today.
After discussion with some friends, I suspect that this wildflower in the prairie garden is Sweet William.
For comparison, these are some of the perennial pinks, a different species of Dianthus.
Blackberry blossoms are open.
Raspberries have green fruit.
Russian comfrey is blooming in the prairie garden.
