Straight to the pictures:
This is the snake we saw a couple of weeks ago. No date stamp because I had to change the battery and didn't take the time to tell the camera to imprint with the date:
Next up is Superstition, and Iris by trade:
The varigated weigala is next, with two pictures:
Last, but not least, a Rhodie of unknown name. It started life by the fence, then was moved to between the driveways, and now resides in the shrub garden we created last year. This is the first year to get more than 1 or 2 blooms (I didn't even remember what color it was supposed to be), so apparently it is happy where it is.
Such gorgeous photos! The snake is so pretty. Is that a snowball in the foreground of the rhododendron photo? It surely looks happy! (The rhododendron, that is.)
Posted by: Cop Car | June 30, 2007 at 02:02 PM
Snowball? You can see the very tops of the 'Carmel' Heucheras. We get snow lateer than you guys, but not in June (except Mt. Washington and places further north).
Posted by: Bogie | July 01, 2007 at 05:32 AM
Snowball is the "common" name for hydrangea--which I couldn't think of in my previous comment. (Well...it gave you a laugh, didn't it?)
Posted by: Cop Car | July 01, 2007 at 08:20 AM
Even if I had been thinking plant, snowball vibernum is what I would have been thinking. Don't ever recall hearing hydrangeas referred to as snowballs. Must be a Midwest thing.
Did get a bit of a chuckle though.
Posted by: Bogie | July 02, 2007 at 03:51 AM
If you're interested, I did a bit of research and I'm pretty sure your serpentine visitor was an Eastern Milk Snake.
A nice photo of a handsome snake.
Posted by: wolfwalker | July 02, 2007 at 07:01 PM
The snake did shake its tail, which sounded like a rattle, so at first we thought it was a timber rattler. then we found out how rare those were and figured we would wait for the pictures and take another stab at identifying it.
You are most likely correct with your identification. Thanks for the help!
Posted by: Bogie | July 03, 2007 at 03:58 AM
I'll pass on the snake picture, but the IRIS....WOW are they beautiful. I don't know that I've ever seen a wiegala before. It's a beautiful shrub.
You must have exceptional gardens, Bogie!
Posted by: buffy | July 03, 2007 at 09:47 AM
I'm sure you have seen weigal before, but the more common ones are Wine and Roses and and Midnight Wine; which have purplish foliage.
Posted by: Bogie | July 04, 2007 at 07:58 AM