@LoraHughes@gardening I had these in my old garden, I really miss them. They are allium siculum, honey garlic is one of the english names in case someone wants to add it to their list.
Well, the lost cockatiel is off to a vet that helps lost birds find their humans. In other news, the rose cutting I took a coupla years ago has its first bud ever. Not sure what colour it is - my practice is to take pruning lengths & stick them in compost, then hope for the best. Seems to work well. #gardening@gardening
Big time hog wrestling between 2 males. The bully hog got himself a drink, then went back into the hut, leaving the other one to forage for about 10 minutes. Then out he comes again, rolls the other hog away, gets a drink, & back inside. The attacked hog continued to forage after the 2nd battle, then wandered off home. #hedgehog#gardening@gardening
When we moved in last autumn, an old rose grew up the holly (left trunk), along with brambles & sycamore maple saplings. Red rose hips dotted the holly, thick rose branches hung down to grab anyone close. Love this year's new growth, so thinned most of it out, leaving 2 old stalks, as well as the mature sycamore (right trunk), since I'm not a lumber jack. Hoping the new growth will skirt the trunks while the rose hips do what they did last year. #gardening@gardening
What you see is not a cultivated rose because there are 7-8 leaves on a stake.
It is a wildling that sprouts from the root of the original rootstock. You won't have much fun with it.
The loropetalum started blooming in early spring before its cousin, the witch hazel, & is continuing to bloom as we head through May. Such a great shrub. #gardening@gardening
This crittur, which I think is a bee fly, was sniffing around my seed pots, for some reason, literally putting its head to the compost as if sniffing, then moving to the next pot. #gardening@gardening#bugs
@LoraHughes@gardening I don't think it's a bee fly, they're a bit darker and have their proboscis permanently out. Could be a batman hoverfly (Myathropa florea). They lay eggs in decaying vegetation so might fancy your compost as a home for its babies. https://uknature.co.uk/hoverflies/m.florea-info