Progress of flora

This (photo, below) is what the milkweed plants look like, today - one week since they were planted in the dirt. The pretty little posy is the first blanket flower blossom of the season. As one can tell by the lack of shadows, we are experiencing cloudy days. What is not apparent is that our temperatures have been 10-15 (Fahrenheit) degrees lower than "normal" for most of the past three weeks. (We had one day where we soared to 85 degrees, but temperatures in the 50s have been more usual.)

Moving along to something that we humans can eat (as opposed to the butterfly larvae that may eat the milkweed), the photo (below) shows the progress of the largest, most protected tomato plant - nearly four weeks following the planting of the tomato plants in the dirt.

Comments

[bogie]

That tomato plant sees a little small to be blooming already. Of course not knowing what type it is, nor can I really tell how tall it is, I could be totally mistaken.

[Cop Car]

It is probably a Jet Star; but, it is raining too hard for me to go look at the label just now. (I might melt.)

[Cop Car]

The rain let up. That, and the other "best looking" tomato plant, are Jet Stars. The one that is most exposed and looks the worst is a Bella Roma salad tomato plant that I had mistakenly bought, thinking I was getting a Roma-type tomato (which it may be...we shall see.) The fourth plant no longer has a label, but it is a beefsteak-style tomato plant.

I think that the photo is a little misleading since I was standing over it when I took the photo. (I can't see the view-finder, outdoors, because it is washed out by too much light.) The plant is 12-16 inches tall.

[bogie]

Bella Rosa? I Googled and can't find Bella Roma except as a location / company

[Cop Car]

One point for Bogie. I don't know whether I can't read, can't remember, can't....Thanks for the correction. I got to wade through the wet grass and breath in the 120% humidity to check the tag. Noticed toadstools growing in the grass.