Finally! Everyone is blooming, growing and thriving in my little garden. I was worried there for a minute.

This is my second summer at my rental, and this year I said fuck it and decided to plant a native garden.

Texas Skullcap, Butterfly Weed, Blackfoot Daisy, Blackeyed Susan, Prairie Verbena (potted) and Yarrow (potted).

Prairie verbena is in a pot because I needed to get it out of its tiny nursery pot. It was pathetic when I planted it, but it’s so happy—and the pot is full of new seedlings, too!! I would plant it, but I’m too lazy to amend the clay soil beyond what I’ve done.

Yarrow is a transplant from my mom’s garden. It grew from a lil baby. I had every intention to plant, but it’s a little too crowded now. It’s a short growing cultivar, so we’ll see.

The blackfoot daisy and skullcap stopped blooming a couple weeks after I planted it. I blamed the enormous amount of ants we have in the backyard.

Black eyed Susan had the beginnings of a fungal disease when I planted it, and I was worried it wouldn’t last. Cut one of the main stems off last week and it’s really started to bloom since then.

I was not expecting the butterfly weed to explode like it has. I actually planted two of them! The other hadn’t really started blooming yet.

Anyways! I’m so happy. A lil sad because the carpenter bees who visited in May haven’t been back. Seen a few wasps, though!

I love this hobby.