September Garden Highlights from Americus Garden Inn

Here are some of my favorite photos from our garden this month:

A lady butterfly in the butterfly bush

An anole in the purple queen

The very fragrant bloom of the banana shrub

A green/bronze frog beside our pond

Our resident bullfrog underneath the waterfall of the pond

The canna lilies in bloom

Black Tiger Swallowtail

The state butterfly of Georgia - yellow tiger swallowtail butterfly (female)

Yellow tiger swallowtail butterfly - male

Common whitetail dragonfly - female

Common whitetail dragonfly - male

The young fox that has been visiting our garden.

A perfect gardenia blooming beside the porch

A goldfinch in the echinacea

A crab spider in the echinacea

A gray hairstreak butterfly in the echinacea

Whirling butterfly bush - gaura

A gulf fritillary in the lantana

A hackberry emperor butterfly on the red tip tree

The fragrant flowers of the creeping jasmine

One of my favorites - lespedeza

In the lantana, a longtailed skipper

Another fragrant bloom - magnolia

Mexican petunias

A praying mantis saying hello

A mockingbird almost ate this praying mantis for lunch.

The flowers of the purple queen.

A beautiful red spotted purple butterfly.

A six spotted fishing spider in our pond.

A sulphur butterfly resting in the garden

Thanks for visiting the Americus Garden Inn Bed & Breakfast online.  We hope you'll come stay with us for a few days and let us share our garden with you in person.

Love,

Susan

Warm days in Americus

It is May and it feels like August, here in Americus!

The echinacea has started blooming in the rock arch garden.
The wild gladiolas have just begun to open.

The Mexican petunias are multiplying rapidly.

As I was checking the plants, due to the excessive heat, I felt something crawling on me and as I reached to brush it off

I realized it was a very small praying mantis!

Once it decided to climb on my hand,

it did not want to leave my hand.

Maybe, it was because I had moved into the shade and it was cooler.

I'm glad that I didn't hurt it.

We looked each other in the eye and said a prayer together for cooler weather.

The men are supposed to come work on the December/January... project tomorrow. Stay tuned! :)

Thanks for visiting. Stay cool and hydrated! Love from Americus.

Susan