While I have only seen it in purple & dark purple, it is also found in pink and white. This shrub grows fairly large, growing 6 – 8 ft. This is a blue hibiscusshrub (Alyogyne huegelii). ![]() – It grows best in full sun and blooms in spring and occasionally throughout the summer. – It is drought tolerant and thrives in the low desert. So, do you know what type of shrub this is? The color was so vibrant and it added a lot of needed color to the parking lot island. This fuss-free, shrub was awash with large, purple blossoms. Now, normally parking lots are prime examples of bad landscape practices with over-planted and excessively pruned shrubs. Yesterday, doing several errands, I was driving through the parking lot of our local Walmart when I saw a sight that stopped me dead in my tracks. In the meantime, the dogs have been banished to the side yard for the time being, much to their dismay… We’ll probably wait until the kittens are weaned and then trap the mother and get her spayed and then re-release her.Īs for now, I need to break the news about the furry bundles behind the vines to my husband (who sleeps during the day) and the kids once they come home after school. ![]() It turns out they are incredibly self-sufficient. I talked to my sister who has worked with feral cats in the past. She hopped to the top of the wall and waited to be sure that there weren’t any humans or dogs nearby before climbing down and disappearing into the vines. I went back inside so the mama cat could come back. I think that there were four, but it might have been three. They were just darling, and I tried to count how many there were. I slowly parted the leaves and saw what looked like little rats.īut, closer examination showed them to be newly born kittens. So, I decided to use the flashlight on my cell phone to see what was making the sounds at the base of the vine. The problem was, that while we had plenty of flashlights, all their batteries were dead. So, I ran inside to grab a flashlight so that I could see better. Concerned that there may be an injured animal, I slowly parted the leaves, and a cat ran out and jumped over the fence.Īt this point, I assumed that it was a feral cat and that the problem was solved.īut, I heard some rustling sounds and thought that I could see some movement in the dark confines of the vine’s branches. I slowly approached the vine and heard something growl. But, when I had to carry him inside because he wouldn’t leave the vine alone, I suspected that there might be something else going on. Now, Tobey, is our little rescue dog who thinks that he is big and tough, but truth be told, he’s not. I assumed that it was a lizard, but I couldn’t call him off. While I was pruning the vines, my little dog, Tobey, was trying desperately to get underneath one of the vines. They just needed a little light pruning to keep them from growing into my new lemon tree. One of the things that I needed to do was to prune back my purple lilac vines now that they were finished flowering. Purple Lilac Vine (Hardenbergia violaceae) back in February. ![]() ![]() Couple that with a weather forecast in the 70’s, I decided to spend a few hours working in the garden. I didn’t have any appointments or looming writing deadlines. Have you ever had your day take a completely different turn than you anticipated? Mine certainly did, and it all started with a discovery behind the lilac vine.
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