a caterpillar on major wheeler honeysuckle
cute little frog on an Angel's trumpet flower

dahlia flower

monarch chrysalis on the Arundo Peppermint Stick

this one was under a Musa velutina leaf; already a butterfly, probably on it's way to Mexico

twilight zone rose

Pope John Paul Rose

sarracenia

passionflower

dahlia

box turtle

bumblebee on Queen Sophia marigold

bumblebee on a salvia flower

sangria pepper

Beautiful pictures! Love your garden!

Very nice, thanks for sharing! Do you know the name of that first dahlia, the all pink one?

Very nice pictures, Nchomegarden. Just to set the record straight :-) , the insects you refer to as bumblebees (genus Bombus) seem to be from another genus - Xylocopa (carpenter bee), and the two are frequently confused. Unlike bumblebees, though, which have a hairy abdomen and a few yellow stripes, carpenter bees have a smooth shiny black abdomen, a smooth black dot in the center of the thorax, and more monochromatic coloring.

the first Dahlia is AC Ben

Wow!!! NCHomegarden, Awesome pictures of beautiful Flowers!!!

Nice pics! That carpenter bee sure has immersed himself in the salvia and looks at one with it. It's nice to see that the tiny frogs are in NC. I haven't seen them here but have loved seeing the pics from FL with tiny frogs in rose blooms.

To have so many critters you definitely have a well-balanced habitat. Congrats!

Thank you! Here's another one -

Hello NC home garden, The swap date has been posted!!

Are you planning to join us this spring?

I hope so!

Great!

Start posting your trades and swap stuff on this thread.

[https://www.houzz.com/discussions/spring-2019-raleigh-swap-special-side-trade-list-dsvw-vd~5596976?n=966[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/spring-2019-raleigh-swap-special-side-trade-list-dsvw-vd~5596976?n=965)

Looking forward to the interesting plants.