This is the one plant that is actually looking good right now. It's a fuchsia with the absolute tiniest blooms you have ever seen. Amazingly, the hummingbirds love to drink from these tiny blossoms.
Our English Bells are being eaten by some kind of bug. We thought it was snails, but look at the tiny holes in the leaves. Now we aren't sure what is eating these. Whatever the pest is, it is also eating our Pansies.
Unfortunately, Mom's photos of the Pansies looked way too blurry so she refused to post them. (jeez!) Hopefully some of the other members of the Society of Feline Gardeners have some photos of their gardens today. Visit the President of the Society, Jonesie , and follow the links at the bottom of her post.
Oh, by the way, our blog Mom saw her regular doctor yesterday to follow up on the nasty fall she took last week. He said her elbow is still very inflamed, something about her medial epicondyle, whatever that is. She will start PT next week and should be as good as new soon. Thanks for all the purrs!
Have a good Thursday, xo, Busby
Busby, your Mom has some beautiful flowers and I'm sorry about the bugs. Down South we have Japanese Beetles, don't know if that's what it is. Give Mom a lost of kitty love and help her elbow get well.So sorry she fell and hoping she gets well soon.
ReplyDeleteI missed reading about your Mom's fall. We hope she will be all better soon.
ReplyDeleteThat fuschia is very pretty!
The fuschia flowers are beautiful! We were surprised here to see hummingbirds visiting our lavender flowers! The pests (not Raymond :)) nomming on the English Bells could be of the caterpillar sort. There are kinds - like cutworms, that stay in the soil so they are hard to find but come out to eat so you mostly just see the damage. do you see any, er, deposits on the leaves? We're purring for continued healing for your Blog-Mom, Dr Busby!
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Your Fuschia gave a really beautiful flowers. Love those pink color : )
ReplyDeleteand I hope your mom get better soon..I'm purring for her
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Humans are such fragile things. I'm glad yours is on the road to getting better!
ReplyDeleteHi boys! First we are both sending more PURRS for yoor mom and hope she is better soon.
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE yoor Fuschia pics ~ we have a Fuschia just the same as that ~ but no flowers at the moment. We live in hope though!
And we LOVE that yoo have ENGLISH bells in yoor garden too!
It's so nice to see some pretty flowers when we have snow on the ground!! And you still have hummingbirds?? How cool!! We miss the little guys.
ReplyDeleteWe hope your mom's arm feels better real soon.
Your garden is so lovely to look at when all we see is snow!
ReplyDeleteWe're glad your Mom had her arm looked at and we will continue to purr for her to recover soon.
It's so nice to see flowers, even if some of them are being eaten. Our garden is covered in snow!
ReplyDeleteGood luck and purrs to your mom for her physical therapy. We hope that does that trick!
It makes me purr to see flowers in January, even if the bugs are snacking on them.
ReplyDeleteI know we got hit with tons of slugs last year that ate a lot of our plants so we are planning for an all out war this year!
When mom can't figure things out, I help her google (my paws are small enough to work the keyboard) to find the answer about common pests in our area. We usually check out the information on the Oregon State Extension Service site because we get good info. Maybe California has something similar?
love the photo of how you look out the blinds! lol
ReplyDeleteIt is also so nice to see such beautiful greenery! Do you have Japanese Beetles there? Maybe they are eating the plants?
I am glad your Mom went to the doctor and is going to have PT, that should hopefully make her feel much, much better! xoxo
That's great you still have some things blooming! Glad to hear your mom is improving...still sending purrs to her!
ReplyDeleteOur mama loves Fuschias....she had several different varieties when she lived in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday to all of you. xxxxxxxx
I enjoyed your pretty pictures, we don't have much pretty at our place right now. Purrs to your Mom!
ReplyDeleteYour fuchia is just beautiful! I hope your mum's physio goes well and her elbow isn't hurting too much.
ReplyDeleteAt least your mom CAN grow flowers. :) Purrs to your mom - hope she feels better soon!
ReplyDeleteFuschias in bloom.... Sigh.......
ReplyDeleteI've always dreamed of catching a hummingbird. Have you caught one yet? Too fast for me.
ReplyDeleteHey guys, glad to see you have flowerz bloomin in your garden , sorry to read about your mom. hope shez better soon.
ReplyDeleteEferythin where we are iz frozen ..... we don't want to go out, cause then we'll be frozen too. Enjoy your Garden~
Garden Cottage Catz ~
Your garden looks beautiful. So many are under snow right now, so seeing beautiful flowers is lovely.We hope your Mom feels better very very soon.
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So nice to see some green. (beautiful garden!) The only green around here it my Christmas tree! So cute peeking out the blinds. Hope you're feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteWe loves seeing flowers when we is so very cold.
ReplyDeleteWe purrs that your mommy feels all better soon! (Elbow pain is icky!)
Raymond and Busby, your fuschia plant is so beautiful! We especially enjoy the pictures of your garden right now, since all we see from our window is snow and ice. Hey, Busby, can we come join you in your cat tree with a view? :)
ReplyDeleteGosh, we missed the excitement! Purrs to your blog mom for her elbow!
ReplyDeleteToo bad somebody's dining on your plants. Maybe it's one of those Giants using them as pincushions.