A YEAR IN LIFE OF
ONE BUTTERFLY BUSH (or Buckeye Bush)
Early SPRING
- January -
February -
March:
OUR BUTTERFLY BUSH IS WAKING UP TO THE NEW LIFE
Late SPRING - April - May -
BLOOMING IS STARTING:
All 11 photos below are the
best of many I took on
Saturday afternoon, First Day of Summer,
June 21st 2003.
This plant was totally surrounded
by all kind of butterflies.
I have never seen
so many of them together, flying and dancing, and chasing each other in the sun.
I
didn't know
of which one to take a shot first!
And this is why this plant is called: BUTTERFLY BUSH:
Photos above were taken in
daylight.
But our Buckeye Bush is full of life at night as well - just look at the "Night
Shift" below:
Yummy!!!
Later in the SUMMER - small
seeds begin to appear and slowly grow bigger & bigger.
And green leaves start changing
their color & shape. The changes are fast and lead
us into fall:
And in the FALL - The Beauty of
blossoms changes into the beauty of Dry Branches
and chestnut-like seeds:
And the CIRCLE OF LIFE continues...
