Sorry for the blurry picture! The sun's been so bright lately that I haven't been able to get a good shot of anything.
I wonder if anyone can guess what this flower is? I'll give you a hint: it's a relative of nightshade. This is the first time I've ever tried to grow this particular plant. I hadn't expected the flowers to be such a lovely shade of purple.
If you give up you can check my flickr photo tags...XD
Our clematis "Will Goodwin" got ripped out of the ground last fall. By some miracle, it still came back this year. It was doing the best of all our clemati(?) until a strong wind gust broke the vine at the top, where all the flower buds were. Even though that part of the vine is hanging by a thread, the flowers are still opening. This plant is a true survivor.
Just when I thought I had enough to worry about with chipmunks, beetles, birds and groundhogs! This evening I looked out my picture window just in time to see a scruffy brown rabbit munching my asters! I ran outside in my slippers, waving my hands and yelling, "You're a bunny! You've got to get out of here!" and the animal just stared at me until I got close enough to spit on it (but I didn't). Then off it hopped into our neighbors' yard.
I had been noticing some kind of damage on the asters lately, but I hoped it was just my imagination. I do not want to have to contend with rabbits. A lot of the plants in our yard are supposedly rabbit-proof, like peonies and butterfly bush. I hear they like roses, and poppies. I hope this is not a resident rabbit. This is only the second time I've seen it in two months....
Sometimes it really sucks to be a gardener, doesn't it?
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