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"Possibility and promise greet me each day as I walk out into my garden. My vigor is renewed when I breathe in the earthiness and feel the dirt between my fingers. My garden is a peaceful spot to refresh my soul." Meems






Welcome to my Central Florida Garden Blog where we garden combining Florida natives, Florida-Friendly plants, and tropicals.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

instant gratification - garden style

the butterflies have been all a-flutter around me while i've worked on my expansion project the last two days.

i put some zinnias in the ground because i saw some while mom and i were in lake wales. they caught my eye because the butterflies seemed to be very familiar with them. i know... as if everyone doesn't know that zinnias are extremely common. yawn! well, not for me. i've actually never had them in my garden... i'm not sure why. but all of a sudden i had to have them.

i barely had them in the ground and this white peacock began sipping.


this little bee flew into the picture for its very own photo op ... i think its see-through wings are especially adorable.


again... even while i was putting one of these in the ground this white peacock and a cloudless sulphur weren't the least bit shy. who could ask for better than the butterflies to notice freshly planted flowers and make themselves right at home?

5 comments:

  1. that is SO COOL that you got your heart's desire even as you were planting! talk about a fast harvest!

    thanks for my personal tour of your new garden nook. i enjoyed it.

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  2. Hi Meems,
    I see that we planted the same flower this weekend. I love zinnia they are very colorful and as you can see butterflies and bees love them. They do have a problem zinnia are the cheesecake of food for snails, so keep an eye on your plants.

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  3. Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting!
    You will love your zinnias....I keep growing more kinds every year, as they are kind of addicting. :-)
    Nice butterfly pics!

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  4. mlm: glad to have visitors in my garden... wish you could have stayed longer.

    rusty: those pesky snails... i think they like every flower i plant. thanks for the warning.

    connie: welcome. so far, i'm adoring the zinnias.

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  5. I won't have zinnias until next summer. I will have to content myself to visit your warm garden until then. Love the butterfly pictures.

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Have a blessed day,
Meems


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