Lovely pics. I am looking forward to my Gaillardia blooms next year. I was lucky enough to get it as a bonus in a trade and I am waiting for my Canna's. I think the daylily is either Abba, Burgundy Express or Bela Lugosi. These are the three deep burgundy daylilies with which I am familiar and there are subtle differences in the shade of the throat, the presence or not of a rufled edge, and fragrance. Take a look online and compare.

Great set-up, Brett! They wander off the plants to molt or pupate usually. If they're molting (small, and very still), don't move attempt to move them. They will move back to the milkweed when they have finished molting and are ready to eat again. During the molt, they don't eat or move at all. If it were me, I would move the chrysalis, leaf and all, or branch and all. I use tape to fasten the leaf to some kind of support like a wall, window, enclosure, whatever you find that is most protected. Just make sure that the chrysalis is hanging free from obstruction, so when the butterfly emerges, it has room to let its wings hang down to pump fluid into, expand them, and dry. Always remember, too - you'll never have enough milkweed! Good luck - you're doing a good thing! Susan

Nice reminder of our other seasons as I look out on the also-lovely expanse of white!

Thanks everyone. I was literally sitting down in my front yard staring at the mowed down perennial garden with paper in hand thinking....what am I going to do with this!?!?!?!?! (i'm sure all the neighbours wondering what I was doing just sitting there staring....roflol) Then it HIT ME...ROCKS. Then I was off and running once I had the vision!! I was looking for a way to create interest in the gardens as I knew that I wanted to go with a simple planting structure. Heck when it sat empty with no plants I loved it. Love when the rocks get wet to show all their pretty colors. Up in Northern Ontario I heard that they can fine you for taking rocks. I'm not from there, but have been up that way before and its absolutely gorgeous, lots and lots of rock. I'm pretty sure most of our rock in garden centres here gets shipped from up north. Lots of quarries up that way. I have two bullmastiffs and the other one that is not in the picture is the devil and she's 5 years old!!!!! Big ole brat she is...don't know how many times I've told her OUTTA MY GARDENS...she is nosey nosey nosey and I've given up hope that she is ever going to calm down you'd sware she was only 4 months old!!!!! She recently chewed into a milion tiny pieces 5 out of my 12 plastic solar lights.