Two of my barro negro pots broke 😭 but they make pretty nice top dressing

Spines! #garden

Before-and-after having the tree guys remove the big plumbago—it looks a bit bare, but it should fill in soon #garden

Orchid!

Planted some calendulas to add some atmosphere

The tree guys are coming so we say goodbye to the yucca elephantipes (it volunteered and is wrecking part of the terracing) the top of the Jacaranda (to promote branching) and the plumbago. Also bonus pic of LA looking cinematic.

I like big buds and I cannot lie #orchid #garden

Harvard Square and Atomic Grape #tomatoes

Garden things!

Dinner-plate dahlia #dahlia

I went out to pick a lemon for cocktails and look who I found having her own little refreshment? #monarch #dahlia

Dahlia Thomas Edison #garden

Got super lucky when I was watering the tomatoes #garden #monarch #butterfly

A lot of cleaning up led to this—a little sitting down. 😇 I’m charging up the Thermacell because mosquito season is year-round these days (no standing water here but it doesn’t seem to matter) #garden

Dahlia bloom achieved! The coral one is Belle of Barmera. The darker one is Thomas Edison. Also, a couple of zinnias (senorita) #garden #dahlia

Dahlia bloom watch #dahlia #garden

Dahlia bloom watch #dahlia #garden

Dahlia watch #dahlia #garden

Dahlia bloom-watch! #garden #dahlia

Succulent flower #garden #rainbow

I feel like I am meant to take this personally #cat #blep

Look! A giant orange king!

(Betcha thought I was talking about something other than fuchsias 😉)
#garden

Tiny tomatoes…and basil! #garden

Honeywort and hymenocallis festalis zwanenberg #garden #gardening

Why is “just what the doctor ordered“ literally the opposite of what the doctor ordered? #garden #gardening

A garden is always changing but I like it right now

Giant orange king fuchsia #gardening

Happy Jacaranday! Jacaranday is a holiday like cherry- blossom time; it is celebrated whenever your local Jacarandas are in full bloom. A traditional way of celebrating is by painting your toenails jacaranda purple 💟💜

Just really nice this evening :)

Major loves his box 🙂🙂🙂