Two more survivors! The hummingbird bush and the mexican bird of paradise are putting up new growth from the roots. No signs of life from the hibiscus, bougainvillea, star of india gardenia, desert rose trumpet flower bush, purple orchid tree, and while the pink trumpet flower in the ground came back, the yellow one has not but since I have one in a pot, I'm not including it in the no show list. Same for the porterweed, dead in the ground but a living one in a pot. I haven't given up on the purple orchid tree yet but I'm pretty sure everything else that hasn't shown life by now is dead. So that's 4 or 5 lost depending on if I include the purple orchid tree.
The poppies are in full bloom.
Most are just the brilliant red with the four black spots
or the semi ruffly fluffy
or the trending to pink/lavender
or the white stripey
or the black spots with a white edge.
My neighbor's bees have been very busy in my yard so I hope he gifts me some of their honey later in the year.
