Spring has Sprung at the nursery and the spring flowers are everywhere!
Birds, bees and butterflies are everywhere. It is wonderful. The hummingbirds can’t decide what to visit first and the butterflies are making their way all around the nursery. Lantana is a popular plant with the butterflies right now which is not really surprising.
They like the large flat blooms on the Lantana. I can’t say I blame them- it makes a wonderful resting spot! I have tried to make note if there is a particular color the butterflies are gravitating towards but they seem to share their affections for all the flowers and blooms. Everything is so bright and colorful right now it just wonderful.
Austin weather is never normal nor is it predictable and it has been a wet spring lately and just incredible weather resulting in a spring bloom-fest!
The succulents are not to be missed either. They are showing off and changing colors with these cooler mornings, sending up bloom spikes and are simply stunning.
The hummingbirds have been visiting the Aloe blooms as well as they make their rounds to the Salvia ‘Amistad’ and the Coral Bean. I get asked all the time which is the favorite of the butterflies, the bees and or the hummingbirds. It is hard to say! Right now, with all the choices of the spring flowers, I would have to say the butterflies top three would be the Tecoma (Esperanza), Plumbago and Lantana. It has been so much fun walking around the nursery and watching all the activity. The bees are buzzing, the butterflies are flying around, the hummingbirds are zipping around my head. It is wonderful. I laughed with a customer that I was getting whiplash trying to photograph everything! Hope you are enjoying all the spring flowers as much as I am! I know the pollinators are!!
