Sunday Morning Garden Tour Zone 9a June 30th 2024 And Peter Rabbit Tea 🐇💕🫖

[@Clairescottageaspirations]

You truly are butterfly whisperer, you have them just landing on you! Katana is in agreement with the more pink diagnosis, she said “I love pink!” I’m still in love with your hollyhocks!! Oh my lort, that fennel is HUGE!! it knows it has a lot of butterflies to attract! The snail in your garden have the coolest shaped shells! 🐚 lol about being Thomas as a disciple 😂 I’m in the same category of doubting gardener! I love the idea of your butterfly fostering program! Your zinnia and tithonia area is just magic!! Everything is so full full full and so full of color!! The butterflies understood the assignment for the party and were putting on a show, I cannot belief so many were there putting on a full ballet production! All the food looks so cute and scrumptious! The party setup is so darling! Wow that butterfly you released was huge!! Thank you for sharing your experiences and plants!!

[@iartistdotme]

What a magical day in your garden - but I have to say, God's garden did a little better with his show stopping dance of the butterfly presentation. I think you need to plant a bunny tail in the Peter Rabbit garden since just one tail is not enough. LOL I can't wait until next week to see the changes you get to make with all that time. I'm so happy for you.

[@Troupe112]

Your Sunday tours are delicious, flowers and food. The butterfly show was spectacular. Thank you for sharing your garden with us every Sunday morning. ❤❤❤

[@Mommawhas6]

What a beautiful reward to all your hard work on the garden. Your tea was spectacular. Butterfly blessed❤️Happy 4th🇺🇸

[@JosTXGarden]

Don’t you just love hairstreaks?? What a gift to have him visit you! I love their little stripey antennae! Those big bright zinnias are like a little welcome into the garden! The wooly thyme!! So sweet! I can not get over how full and amazing it all looks!!! Goodness! LOL ALLLL buddleas poop out on me! I mean….Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, DEAD😵 “Bless you my child!” 🤣 Same, girl. I love volunteer gomphrena! Oh, the mallow! So dreamy. I’ve gotta get some of that native phlox! Your dahlias are so pretty this year! You are the dahlia whisperer. I love that we both have “mosquito moments” WHILE filming! 🤣🤣🤣🦟👏😵 Ha! I’m always planting things that are going to be 30’ high right next to the fence. Yay for Pipevine!! I love your tiny garden! 💕 Oooooh. All your new trees! I need like a couple of extra acres just so I can grow all the trees I want. I bet your tea was wonderful! What a darling entrance and a delicious table! Your butterfly game is ON FIRE! I’ve never seen so many butterflies! I love how they occasionally buzz the camera. MAGICAL! One time I had a chrysalis come off of its stick, and so I made a tiny little pocket out of a paper towel and taped it to the side of a flower pot, and just barely tucked the chrysalis into the pocket, and it worked out fine. I think you put the end poking up that has the two little notches on it. Thanks for the beautiful and inspiring tour! ❤❤

[@kimfox5186]

You and your garden are so delightful Rachel 😊 and those butterflies were just beautiful to see. Yes, our gardens are at the same stage as your sister's, so you are cutting back the first flush, and we are still waiting for it to happen 😅. I've just finished planting out my dahlias and the annuals that I grew from seed. The Budleigh is just coming into bloom, and so too are the clematis, the borage the phacelia, the nasturtium, and I noticed yesterday that the camomille is coming into bloom. It's a very exciting time because I can't wait for the explosion of colour. Thanks for sharing your garden and your party. That food looked yummy, and I'm sure your guests were bowled over by the beauty of your garden. Enjoy your days off from work 😊

[@suebohn5573]

You are a riot! "It's manslaughter, because i didn't do it on purpose " . Your garden looks so gorgeous. I'm having the worst time with those tiny little worms(army worms? ) that are destroying my zinnias and vegetables. Another fun Sunday tour of your garden. Have a wonderful week.

[@Elle.Smith.]

I just love your Sunday garden tours. So wholesome and soulful. 🦋

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you, Elle!!! I’m so glad that you enjoy them!!! I love getting to share what God is doing in my garden with you!!!!!!

[@annjohns9939]

Look at all those butterflies!! It is wonderful to hear you giggle and realize that your dreams are coming true. You have worked hard for your dream. God has blessed you. Enjoy it!!🦋

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Awwww, thank you, Ann!!! It was an incredible dream come true AND an answer to prayer! I have prayed for more butterflies! I’ve always wanted clouds of them, and that little show that they put on was such a delight!!! I was close to crying while I was laughing because it was so surreal! I hope that you will have many butterflies, too! I wish everyone could experience the joy of them!!! God bless you!!!!!!! I hope you are having a happy 4th!!!

[@MarieIsaguirre]

Your garden always put a smile to my day.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Awwww! Thank you, Mariel!!! I’m so glad that you enjoy my garden, too! God bless you and have an awesome 4th!!!

[@tammyinnalabama]

What a special treat to have a cloud of butterflies in your garden!!! 🥰 I had a couple of Gulf Fritillary butterflies show up today along with a Painted Lady. 😀 I finally placed an order for two passion flower vines and I hope they arrive soon. The butterflies knew exactly where to look for them, but unfortunately I have had no luck growing any this year. The coral nymph salvia seeds germinated but the plants are still quite small. I'm just glad that the critters haven't snacked on them. Our water bill was quite high this month. We need rain! 🙏🙏🙏

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Thanks for the Sunday tour! Butterfly looks stunning and your garden .

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you!!! This is the most butterflies that I have ever had at one time!

[@nicholasryan5401]

Beautiful stunning natural looking garden, its a pollinators dream. We have a pollinator garden in rural Ireland and we are getting lots of bees but we haven't seen many butterflies so far this year.

[@ann-marierobinson1861]

Rachel!! Your garden looks so lush & beautiful! Mine is looking like a wet soggy mess.. but my gumphrena is HUGE and the Millet is stunning!!! Everything you gave me besides the verbascum is still loving life.. my petunias and super bells and verbena look pitiful. Beaten up by the rain and dead.. I think I need to find a replacement for those down here.. Miss you!! Hope all is going great!!!💜💜💜 Ann Marie

[@ann-marierobinson1861]

Oh yay!! I’m So glad your dahlia bloomed and it was pink!! 😂😂😂.. my coral nymph salvia was blooming too and it’s so delicate and beautiful! Saw my first hummingbird yesterday and Bert the bumblebee is still visiting me!! 🐝🐝🐝

[@vickiperkins476]

Absolutely wonderful! I love your videos 😁❤️❤️

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you, Vicki!!!!! I’m so glad that you enjoy them!!!!!!!

[@GardenHappy]

OMGosh Rachel your comments crack me up. . . "Doubting Thomas" I REALLY enjoyed this garden tour. Crazy how things grow so differently for both of us. Vinca and Butterfly bush grow so easily for me. And things you can grow I cannot. Crazy. . . . This video for a perfect way for me to cool off and relax during this heat wave. Hope your garden is surviving your current weather! xoxoxox Liz

[@gardensglory1229]

Wow Rachel! God really answered your prayers! Your sweet laugh said it all! The party table looked so adorable! I’m sure your guests loved it all! Deanna❤️😊🌸

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Awww, thank you, Deanna!!! He really did answer all of my prayers for the party! And He went above and beyond by sending so many butterflies! I was laughing at those butterfly antics and then it was such a delight that I almost started to cry. But I sucked it up and enjoyed them through just a tear or two! Isn’t God so, so good?!?!?!

[@vanessab2726]

What a beautiful garden, a beautiful spread of delectable eats! Wow!! Look at all those beautiful butterflies!! 😄You inspire me with your passion and enthusiasm for nature’s bounty ❤ God bless you!!!

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you, Vanessa!!! I hope you will have many butterflies in your garden this summer!!! God bless you, and I hope you have a fabulous 4th of July!!!

[@HoustonKeith72]

Wow! A flock of butterflies! Your party looks absolutely perfect. And your treats look so yummy. I’m quite sure your guests loved every minute.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

I was so thankful to have so many butterflies flitting around for the party! They were the ultimate decoration! LOL! - The food did turn out to be super yummy! AND I have found my new signature dish that I will bring to all events from now on…..a trifle. It took less than 20 minutes to assemble and it looked so good and tasted amazing! What’s funny is that my Mom recently gave her trifle dish to me and once she saw that berry trifle that I made she now feels that she needs to get another one. I offered to give it back to her, but she’s going to be on the hunt for one at thrift stores. The hunt is part of the fun. Haha!

[@TheBest8]

Morning my friend So beautiful and wonderful

[@wulidog23]

Thanks for another great video!Frogfruit can handle foot traffic. You can even mow it! People are using it as a lawn alternative here in Florida.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you! Wow!!! I didn’t know that you could mow frogfruit! That’s amazing!!! I will have to plant out sprigs in more areas and try to establish a little frogfruit lawn! That would be delightful!!!

[@kelliwebb2870]

That was the most butterflies I’ve ever seen in one place at the same time! Wow! We have been getting so much rain my yard is flooded! But my flower and vegetable beds are all raised so no harm done. Yay! And everything seems to be thriving!

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Wasn’t that crazy, Kelli?!? I haven’t seen that many big butterflies in my garden before! I have seen bunches of Gulf fritillaries, but they are much smaller. - Thank God that you have been getting rain! We have been getting plenty recently, too! I’m so thankful because the plants are acting like they not only want to live but they also want to thrive now! LOL! God bless you!!! I hope you are having an awesome 4th!

[@kelliwebb2870]

@@gulfcoastbutterflygardening you have a great 4th of July too Rachel!

[@HoustonKeith72]

I just love your commentary. You crack me up! Shawty!

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

LOL! My younger co-workers had to teach me how to say “Shawty!” I owe all my sassy lingo to them! Haha!

[@loralopuhovsky4990]

Good Morning! Your garden is crazy gorgeous! I just wanted to say I saw a big fat Katydid on your Cassia tree while you were filming. Those things eat everything and leave big holes in your plants. Made me giggle that you were right on it & it was hiding in plain sight as they do so well.I also have a giant fennel that is currently supporting my second round of caterpillars. So far 18!!

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you!!! LOL, Lora! You have a very good eye!!! I totally missed the katydid! I went back and reviewed the video and then I saw it! - Oh! I am thrilled that you are on your second round of raising Eastern black swallowtails!!! Isn’t it so incredible to send them out into the world, and they actually are making it a better place!!!

[@cindyenglish3130]

I have never seen so many butterflies together like that! I am going up to Petals from the Past on September for the big gardenfest. Even my husband is kind of excited. Have a wonderful staycation

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

I know! I’ve never seen that many big butterflies together in my life either!!! Not even at butterfly pavilions! It was such a blessing from God because I have actually prayed for more butterflies! - Oh! That’s so cool that you will be going to Petals from the Past in September!!! I didn’t know that they were having a gardenfest! I am going to plan to go to that, too! That’s awesome that even your husband is excited about going! I hope I’ll see you there!!! Gold bless you and have a fabulous 4th!!!

[@cindyenglish3130]

@@gulfcoastbutterflygardening I will definitely touch base as it get closer. I would love to meet you

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

@@cindyenglish3130 I would love to meet you, too!!! That will be such a treat!!!!!!

[@sassafras7870]

Enjoyed your video today!

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you!!!!! I’m so glad that you liked it!!!!!!

[@lindylou3519]

Hey Rachel! Those butterflies love your zinnias. I hope they were still there for your party. I would seed that area full of zinnias every year since they seem to be attracted especially to the front. How exciting to see so many at one time. I devote a 4x6 raised bed every year to zinnias for this very reason. I get mostly eastern black swallowtails. So fun! What a beautiful table for the baby shower. (Baby showers are so special. Nothing like having a sweet little baby.❤) I tell ya, you can’t see many pots in your back yard now! Everything has really grown in & looks so good! Glad you got to show it off to everyone! We STILL haven’t gotten any rain here in our area. So sad! I can’t remember watering so much before. I went shopping at our local concrete statue place not more than 10 min from my house. I figure concrete doesn’t need watering & it won’t melt in this heat! lol I bought a concrete bunny with a basket (he’s about 18” tall x 12” wide with the basket.) I’m going to plant succulents in his little basket (they don’t need much water) & I bought a small seahorse & a pelican. (This will be my 2nd pelican. One sits & one stands.) Have a wonderful staycation & keep up the beautiful work you do in your garden. I enjoy it so much & appreciate everything you share. Hugs from very dry middle GA❤

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you, Linda!!! Oh, dear! I’m sorry that you haven’t gotten rain!!!!!!! I’m praying for you to get rain!!!!!!!! I did laugh about you finding concrete statues to put in the garden in place of some plants, and I think that is genius! It also sounds adorable and quite whimsical! I love it!!!! God bless you!!!!!! And bless you with rain! I hope you have an awesome 4th of July, too!

[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

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[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you!!! I’m so glad that you like my garden!!! It’s been such a fabulous year for butterflies! God has answered my prayers by sending so many of them!

[@juliethomas6137]

Beautiful garden !! I love all the Peter the rabbit decor and garden. I might have time order a bunny for our yard 😂

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you, Juliet!!! Oh, yes! You should get you a bunny! I never realized how much I would enjoy a cheeky, little bunny statue!

[@HoustonKeith72]

I love the Thai basil. It’s been my favorite herb this year. So fun and love the smell.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Oh, yes! I never want to be without it again! I took it for granted that it would keep coming up from seed and it did for several years and then all of a sudden my life was bereft of it. That’s when I decided to plant a whole flat of it. And later I questioned my sanity because that was A LOT of Thai basil!!!

[@pc1189]

So glad you had a lovely baby shower and the guests enjoyed your garden 💓the Jack in the beanstalk fennel and the gaggle of butterflies having a get together 💓 wondering if they are Polydamas swallowtail?? We are finally getting some rain too the garden is as thankful as I am 😊 Enjoy your staycation 🎉

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

LOL about the “jack in the beanstalk” fennel!!! Because truly I have never seen any grow that tall! It must be from magic beans. That’s the most logical answer! - I may also have some polydamas swallowtails, but I think most of those were palamedes because they had striped bodies. I’m gonna be on the lookout for polydamas. I have to admit that I have probably mistakenly called all my yellow and black butterflies Giant swallowtails. - Thank God that y’all are getting rain!!!!! Isn’t it such a relief?!? I was so concerned that this summer would be a repeat of last summer, and I didn’t think I could endure that! - God bless you!!! I hope you are having a wonderful 4th!!!!!

[@pc1189]

Oh please no repeat of last year’s drought … I collected rain water in buckets 🪣 with the last rain a barrel would be so easier and better but we do what we have to with what we have 😊

[@HoustonKeith72]

Your garden is looking beautiful as always! We have reached that point in our Houston summer where temps are in the upper 90s, humidity is very high, and we are just trying to pull many of our plants through.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Oh, gosh! I think I’ve reached that point, too! We just gotta limp along until the temps ease off, then we can treat fall like our second spring! Can’t wait!!! I want to plant lots of cool weather things!

[@HoustonKeith72]

Yeah I bet those butterflies have gone a courtin’.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

LOL!!! Exactly! They’re sparkin’!

[@stanleystone49]

This morning a beautiful monarch butterfly landed on my shoulder before I left for work today.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Oh my goodness, Stanley!!! What an incredible honor and benediction for the day! Was it the best day ever? God really blessed you with that!!!

[@stanleystone49]

@@gulfcoastbutterflygardening yes I had the best day God bless you too.

[@user-gk5ph2kj8p]

Truly enjoyed the video😊

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you!!! I am so glad that you liked it!!!

[@yesidtac7863]

Muy buen dia 🎉

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you, Yesid!!! God bless you!!!!!

[@user-kz4vj8wj2f]

Rachel your garden is beautiful. I am taking notes for plants to grow in my zone 9b garden for next year. Do you grow porterweed? I find the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love it. God bless you and all you do for the pollinators.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

Thank you!!! I haven’t grown porterweed, but Jo from Jo’s TX Garden does and hers looks so good! I need to get some! I bet they sell it at Petals from the Past! I’m planning a trip up there in the fall, and I’ll find out then! God bless you!!! Have a happy 4th!

[@HoustonKeith72]

I’m not having good luck with butterfly bush either.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

What are we doing wrong with the buddleia? You know it grows as an invasive in many parts of the world, so this is embarrassing. 🤣 Jo, from Jo’s TX Garden, has had a few that grew gorgeously, but I think hers also died after a season or two. I’m just going to give up on them completely! Life is too short to try to make a plant love me.

[@HoustonKeith72]

@@gulfcoastbutterflygardening I just don’t know. I’ve read they don’t like wet feet. So maybe I’ve been over watering? When it gets this hot I sometimes have a tendency to fuss over and water too much. I think I’m doing the same thing to a few of my other plants.

[@gulfcoastbutterflygardening]

@@HoustonKeith72 I totally water everything every day that it doesn’t rain. I used to try to just do it every other day, but they all acted like they were either going to die or wanted to die.

[@Clairescottageaspirations]

You truly are butterfly whisperer, you have them just landing on you! Katana is in agreement with the more pink diagnosis, she said “I love pink!” I’m still in love with your hollyhocks!! Oh my lort, that fennel is HUGE!! it knows it has a lot of butterflies to attract! The snail in your garden have the coolest shaped shells! 🐚 lol about being Thomas as a disciple 😂 I’m in the same category of doubting gardener! I love the idea of your butterfly fostering program! Your zinnia and tithonia area is just magic!! Everything is so full full full and so full of color!! The butterflies understood the assignment for the party and were putting on a show, I cannot belief so many were there putting on a full ballet production! All the food looks so cute and scrumptious! The party setup is so darling! Wow that butterfly you released was huge!! Thank you for sharing your experiences and plants!!