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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on May 7, 2025, 11:11 pm I am posting the first two pics to show how quickly orioles empty their feeder... Here's what the oriole "food bar" looks like when their favorite foods are replenished. Their favorite foods are oranges (cut in half, so they can access the pulp, easier), grape jelly, and dried mealworms. Mind you, there is also some sugar-based nectar, below the top, that the birds can suck through tiny holes, in the top: https://photos.app.goo.gl/J7YQgBMysfaHXjSPA This is what the oriole feeder looks like, after just TWO DAYS. They can keep me busy during their short season, here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9UvBPCHSCvFMBijr7 Just as I'm preparing to put this plant, back out in the yard, I started smelling a sweet scent in my basement, only to stumble upon what is in the pic below, Any guess, as to what this plant is? https://photos.app.goo.gl/T7vvmE1GP2P4caUh9 TWO MORE types of MAGNOLIA are blooming! A few years ago, some of you may remember me saying that my next door neighbors, cut down a Saucer Magnolia 'Jon Jon', I had planted on their side of my driveway, years before they moved in, and while the home was vacant. Well, I went out, immediately afterward, and bought a replacement, to plant in my yard. Here it is! It is a Saucer Magnolia 'Alexandrina'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/YSo5m1TqG6uDrH7ZA https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bieitau7dmn5L9aLA The other in-ground CAMELLIA, I planted, last year, is in bloom. It is blooming for the first time. The cultivar is Camellia japonica 'April Kiss'. It came from Forstfarm. You can probably see the yellow tag... https://photos.app.goo.gl/zTQhAFCcZoVwDEo88 https://photos.app.goo.gl/bh7frwtCFR3vaNfx9 A DAFFODIL with a yellow perianth, and a narrow orange trumpet... https://photos.app.goo.gl/zuHbfJ9kdMfZP3zVA The CROWN IMPERIAL, Fritillaria imperialis, a plant whose name always reminds me of an old school Chrysler. This is an orange type. They also come in red, and yellow... https://photos.app.goo.gl/VsFEi3UhYsGaNxUQ7 Fred, some weeks ago, you posted a pic of this plant blooming in your yard. The SUMMER SNOWFLAKES, Leucojum aestivum, are now blooming here! https://photos.app.goo.gl/XE6wwGNhQ9fPB2wf9 The GUINEA HEN FLOWER, Fritillaria meleagris, is in bloom. Recently, I posted a pic of a lily that had a red lily beetle on it. Well, lily beetles also attack Fritillarias, like Guinea Hen Flowers, and Crown Imperials... https://photos.app.goo.gl/9gR7LiGDRmTCgETc7

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Lloyd IA on May 8, 2025, 1:56 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, Thanks for the idea for the oriole food bar. My wife loves the orioles and cardinals that visit a small yard pond outside our kitchen window. In case you missed it, I posted some echinocereus information in response to your comment on Fred's post a few days ago, then later realized it was probably too old for you to notice. Lloyd

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on May 8, 2025, 2:12 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Brugmansia blooming in a basement is a first, lol. Nice effort feeding the orioles. April Kiss is blooming at appropriate month, lol. Nice deciduous Magnolias. The Guinea Hen flower is color of a Guinea . Glad it don’t carry on like those birds, lol. Is your summer snowflake same as my spring one? Crien Imperialflower is quite different and nice. We are expecting more large quarter size hail tonight. I am praying not! A hail storm a couple weeks back shredded a lot of plants. I covered the car with comforters and tarps I’ve so car was not damaged. Roof doesn’t seem damaged? Hope you are missing out on severe storms.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on May 8, 2025, 8:29 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Lloyd. I love orioles! Cardinals are present almost every state, and they are here, year'round. On the other hand, orioles migrate, and only stay in the northern states for just a few months, before starting their long, gradual trek to Central America, for winter. I look forward to seeing them, every year, since I began feeding and seeing them, about 4-5 yrs ago. Only two species of oriole visit my state: the Orchard Oriole and the Baltimore Oriole. YES! I'm familiar with Kelly Grummond. He is the Cactus Man, I mentioned below. and sends periodic emails. I have ordered from him several times. When I visit his website again, I'll check out his selection of Echinocereus

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on May 8, 2025, 8:47 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. You nailed the Brug/Angel's Trumpet. The horns point downward, as if angels from heaven are blowing them. On the other hand, Datura are referred to as Devils Trumpets, because they point upward, as if their horns are being blown from down below. Hummingbirds, although seasonal like orioles, they stay up here longer...from mid-May through late September. Only one species of hummer comes this far north: the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I dont ever remember seeing an adult male, with a red spot, though. All I have seen are either solid green females, or juvenile males. Yep, you posted pics of Summer Snowflakes, I think, in March. Your Dutch bulb blooms precede mine. You asked if the Summer Snowflakes you showed, were Snowdrops. Hopefully, the storms wont cause as much damage, the next go round. Weather is supposed to be nice and sunny, for several days. This past Sunday and Monday were rainy, and wet.

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