GBBD, March 2009

It's the 15th of the month and March means a profusion of blooms.
My welcome-patch is still full of colour though the phlox in three
shades of pinks, and white, is beginning to look a wee bit weary.
The green/black swallowtail, a Tailed Jay, is a recent visitor and
can often be seen on this bed. Below, are some of the flowers I
have blooming now.



Doesn't these speak of sunny, sunny days?! The brightest of all
the portulacas that I have now.


A little less spectacular is this peachy variety--Wingpod
Purslane--in a basket which I've hung on a guava tree.


More baskets of the yellows here.


The fragrant blooms of Ashoka/Saraca indica. Now a favourite
haunt for big, fat bees and swallowtails.


Yellow hibiscus with a tinge of red on the throat.


A March staple in my garden is this Walking Iris.


A small patch has verbena in four colours. Every morning, there's
a brown skipper here, or in the vicinity.


Even though this does not qualify under 'blooms', I'm
including it. I stopped in my tracks at this sight! The
Elephant's Ears bore fruit for the first time!


I've posted photos of my yellow canna earler. But since they're
blooming again now, I'm including them.


Another first for me--with gazanias. I'd never grown them before.
The blooms need strong sunlight to open up. Several small bees
frequent these pretty blooms before they close again in the
afternoon.


A little magpie-robin stops by my water container. Late in
the afternoon, they come, mostly in twos. A quick splash
and they're ready to fly home to roost.

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