Thursday, June 11, 2009
Foxy gloves
The wild foxgloves are starting to bloom. They look so pretty in the shady borders up against the edges of the woods. I love it that the pestiferous wildlife leave these alone. We have more rabbits this year than I have ever seen before--where are all the coyotes when you need them? As a result of the bunny infestation (yes, they are cute, but death --literally-- on my plants) my dahlias are struggling. It's hard enough with 4" slugs and random deer and elk browsing their way through--I don't need a furry flood of Elmer Fudd's nemesis!
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Wow, those flowers are beautiful! I'm sorry you're having a bunny "infestation" problem. I wish I could take a couple of those fuzz balls off of your hands. I want a bunny! :)
ReplyDeleteHow pretty and foxy! I hear you on the bunnies - they are EVERYWHERE. Great color on the capture.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for posting this. I got some photos of these while in Michigan. And was going to post and ask you what they were. But you beat me too it. And thank you for the welcome home. It feels good to be home.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the bunnies, but this picture is amazing! I love the bright green and pink. It makes such a lovely duo :)
ReplyDeleteThat flower is beautiful, but the thought of 4" slugs makes my skin crawl!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen foxglove up close. I love the detail in the little spots inside the blossoms.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen these before. And I have to admit, you lost me on the 4" slugs too. Eww!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful capture! Well, I guess if you live in such a beautiful place, you have to deal with bad neighbors. ;)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!!
ReplyDeleteI love the color and composition here, Pat.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question about my raccoon visitor, he just sampled the stuff on the ground and didn't try to get to the feeder. Seeing one in daylight is so odd we were a little worried about rabies, but he looked pretty healthy (although very, very wet!). We're keeping a pretty close eye out because we don't want Baxter tangling with him.
You are soo lucky to have these growing wild, Pat.
ReplyDeleteLove the pink & green together.
Sorry about the bunny infestation...they really do breed like rabbits.
Gorgeous flower, love the purple against the green! We've had a nightmare mole in our front yard, he's done mounds of damage to the lawn...finally had to call the exterminator, took four days, but he's gone!
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