Pink hollyhocks in the container garden definitely catch the eye.
Pink hollyhocks in the container garden definitely catch the eye.
A short video of the sunflowers in the storm drain.
In the video, the sunflowers are swaying in the wind next to the tracks.
The wild sunflowers are growing in a storm drain.
This species of wild sunflowers are drought tolerant and grow almost anywhere, even in a storm drain among rocks.
A short video of the wild sunflowers, which have smaller blooms than the domestic kind growing in cultivated fields.
The pink hollyhock only blooms biannually, so I have been so excited it is back.
Here is a slideshow of the sunflower in the garden.
The video shows the beauty of the white morning glory and the pink hollyhocks blooming simultaneously. I had taken a picture of the white morning glory and the pink hollyhocks together, but unfortunately this one got deleted when I was clearing out my memory card.
I never bore of taking picture of the pink hollyhocks bloom. It is a delightful thing for me to do.
The hummingbird appeared after the heavy rainstorms we had yesterday. This morning it was sunny, but torrential rains arrived around two this afternoon. It was quite unexpected to see a hummingbird flitting between the hollyhocks and the new morning glory vines.
After the hummingbird spent a few minutes around the hollyhocks, it flew to the top of the patio ceiling, and touched the surface with his bill. I do not know if the hummingbird is male or female, but for the purposes of this blog I decided to refer to the bird as being male.