Blooming Natives

Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens

Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata

Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia

The Ladybug

Lots of Tomatoes Fruiting

All the tomatoes have a good bit of fruit set.

Liguria Tomato

Matt's Wild Cherry Tomatoes

Even the Jalapenos have peppers...

And I need more ladybugs.  Aphids are attacking the zipper peas and onions.

Wonderful Peas

The sugar snap peas have been delicious.

Survived!

Everything survived the couple of freezing nights and is thriving again since temps have been in the upper 70s and low 80s.

I bought a few more plants:

Rosita eggplant
Casper eggplant
Black Beauty eggplant
Rosa Bianca eggplant
Iko Iko sweet pepper
A few hot chilis (cayenne-like?)
Jalapeno pepper

I'm still on the hunt for Thai chili peppers.

I also bought some flowering plants to help attract pollinators. I enjoy red pentas, any petunias, any million bells, and marigolds do double duty planted in with the tomatoes.

The tomatoes are blooming and beginning to fruit.  Some of them have funny muli-flower blooms... Opinions on that are mixed, so I am leaving them alone.

The sugar snap peas have been heavy with blooms, and I picked my first pods today.  Lots more peas to come!