365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, September 26, 2022
The Devil's Due
Day 348: "Are you sure you want to plant this in your yard?" Oh, if only I had picked up on the implied warning in that question, but I had seen Crocosmia "Lucifer" filling up waste space in other peoples' landscaping, and I couldn't resist the bright red panicles. I suspected the hummingbirds would share my enthusiasm for the flowers (in fact, they do), so I was deaf to the cautionary query, hearing only Lucifer's persuasive enticements. Devil that he is, he soon established himself in the flower bed, and it was only after I had spent diligent hours down on my prayer-bones that I was able to exorcise the evil I had brought to dwell amongst the gentle peonies and columbines. But again, I gave way to temptation (encouraged by those sinful little hummingbirds) and in a fit of backsliding, merely shifted the fiend to a new location where he was free to wreak any amount of havoc he so chose. The hummers are happy, and in that, I feel I have done sufficient penance for the transgression of inviting Lucifer into my garden.
Labels:
Crocosmia "Lucifer",
Crocosmia seedheads
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