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Hope you had a Happy 4th! It finally is raining today after a week of heat. Today's Garden Pic is another Coneflower blooming out in the front bed by the mailbox. I raised a group of them from seed last fall & winter, then planted in the spring. This is one of them.  

Garden Pic Wednesday: Gardenia & Green Sweat Bee

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Welcome back! I have several pictures for you today: First, our Gardenia bush with it's new hair-cut!  I finished that up yesterday. I cut about 3 to 4 feet off all around. Don't worry, it likes it. It will leaf out in by fall with a bunch of fresh growth and set up for bloom next year! Next, an amazing shot of a metallic green Sweat Bee on my Cone Flower below: And finally, the interesting orange blossoms of a spikey succulent in my double pot front that sits by the tree just in front of that Gardenia shrub. The stalk is about 20 inches tall. Also I caught a great shot this morning of a Tree Frog that apparently has taken up residence in one of my bird houses hanging in a low tree in back. I was about to take a peek inside, to see if it'd been used by a Wren, when a Tree Frog crawled up and perched himself in the opening. I plan on adding it to my Critter Calender for 2014, so I won't be posting the photo here, though is was sooo funny!...