The neighborhood jungle

Troublemakers, wild ones, and cultured treasures

Our neighborhood is, in the overall scheme of things, barely middle aged having experienced its first organized people population in the early fifties. Typical of southern neighborhoods, we have a plethora of trees, grassy lawns, and a smattering of cultured beds teeming with plants, all of which make up my local jungle of photo opportunities. Here are 26 pictures of the neighborhood jungle plant population.

 

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  The number one troublemaker: Oak catkins. There must be a jillion of these pollen factories in the 'hood.
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  The number two trouble maker: Pine babies which dump nearly but not quite as much pollen as their oak counterparts,
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  A wild one. The dandelion plant is far more complex than meets the naked eye.
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  Then the dandelion really gets complex.
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  A Spring Beauty, barely a quarter inch across. Thanks to the late Miss Erma Chastain's revelation in the second grade, I know that name.
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  The bug on the beauty is not much bigger around than a common pencil lead.
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  This passionate posey is smaller than the spring beauty.
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  This head of buds is probably no more than one-eighth inch across.
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  Ditto here. Very small.
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  This weed, gone to seed was web encapsulated by some critter. The web became a pollen magnet.
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  Cultured treasues: All of the dogwoods you see in this series grow in the yard of Ms. Kitty, our resident master gardener. She's doing something right because most other dogwoods in the neighborhood have not survived.
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  The dogwood's "business."
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  Dogwoods with Mother Earth in the background.
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  Backlit dogwood blooms from the front.
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  Backlit dogwoods from the back
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  Not sure what this is but it has been rode hard and put up wet. Despite that it has great visual interest.
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  More of the same, less bedraggled.
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  Back to bedraggled.
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  Back to classy.
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  Azealeas at the Chez Dempsey planted decades ago by the first owner.
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  Marigolds at the Chez Dempsey planted by Mrs. Dempsey.
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  Ms. Kitly's white azaleas in all their glory
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  A series of Ms. Kitty's jonquils finishes out the collection.
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