Two of our milkweed plants from last year survived in pots and today a Monarch laid eggs on the undersides of the flower bud clusters and leaves.
Here's a picture of a newborn, fresh from its egg, ten days later.
We bought two kinds of milkweed last year to try and provide enough food for the ravenous caterpillars, but $60 of milkweed later, it still wasn't enough. We do enjoy our visits to Plant Depot in San Juan Capistrano though, they have an amazing collection of plants, a pond with fish and turtles, and cat that roams about.
Morning glory. Glorious indeed.
A sunflower blooming from the bottom up
A succulent, I'm not sure what it's called, but it grows amazingly well here and keeps duplicating itself.
These are called hotlips and the kids love the nectar just as much as the hummingbirds it attracts. They do well in full hot sun.
One of my favorite parts of the day is my morning coffee and watering the garden to see how my friends are doing and who is visiting them :)
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